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White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...
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 ...
Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis ...
The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...
The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.
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.” ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ...
The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...
A U.S. bishop offers insight on why many think it's unlikely Catholic cardinals will break with more than two centuries of ...