Cardinals celebrate the Mass "Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" ("for the election of the Roman pontiff") in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) A word from the ...

A man prays in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican May 7, 2025, while waiting for smoke to rise from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel as cardinals begin the conclave to elect a new pope. (CNS ...

As cardinals prepare to vote, several Catholics in the New Orleans area are praying for the conclave.While the world awaits a new pope, Catholics from near and far, including Lisa Janusa, are ...

Red-robed cardinals assembled in the Vatican on Wednesday to pray, shortly before being locked in to elect a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. A total of 133 cardinal electors are ...

As the cardinals prepare to enter into the Sistine Chapel to vote on the next supreme pontiff May 7, faithful across the world are watching in anticipation. Host of the "Bible in a Year" and ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Catholics are eagerly waiting to see what happens at the Vatican as cardinals vote to elect a new pope. At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, ...

The election of a pope follows a strict daily schedule inside the Sistine Chapel. Following the start of conclave on May 7, the College of Cardinals are fully sequestered behind locked doors with no ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals filed into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, swearing an oath of secrecy to begin deliberations on who should lead the Catholic church following the death of Pope ...

Cardinals in the secret conclave are set for another round of discussions on Thursday after failing to select the next pope on the first day of voting. Black smoke has poured from the Sistine Chapel ...