Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700,” and interviews with experts including Elena ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

The Catholic Church's cardinals are meeting next week at the Vatican to elect the new pope in a centuries-old process called conclave. Recent conclaves took a few days, but the longest-ever in history ...

This time there was no doubt. There was no new pope yet, and the mystery of who — and when — was as thick as the unmistakable heavy black smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel chimney. As thousands ...

Jesus is always walking alongside everyone, no matter how mundane or precarious their journey, Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Leo XIV shared his thoughts on Donald Trump and how the Catholic Church’s first American pontiff might work with the president in his first in-depth interview since his election to the papacy in ...

Pope Francis, leaving his mark on the Roman Catholic Church into the future, named 13 cardinals from eight countries on Sunday, including nine who are eligible to enter a conclave to elect his ...

Although he’s traveling to Rome, he is too old to participate in the conclave for the next pope ... remain a secret. Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen attends a Mass at the Holy Cross Church in Hong Kong ...

Pope Leo XIV makes an official visit to the Quirinal Palace in Rome to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, and ...