The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

While cardinals were electing Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a group of Philadelphia students were selecting a pontiff of ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

There is no formal time limit: until two-thirds of the 133 voting cardinals agree on a new pope, the cardinals must continue ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis ...

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 ...

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Over the coming days, eyes will search for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

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

Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here’s what to know.

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.