Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.

Catholic cardinals will gather inside the Vatican for their closed-door conclave to elect the next supreme pontiff following ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

The Catholic Church will soon begin the highly choreographed process of choosing its new leader following the death of Pope ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

The conclave to select the next pope kicks off with the Latin phrase for “outside, all.” What happens next will be a mystery ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...