With the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to choose its next spiritual leader, a decision that ...

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...

The papal conclave begins Wednesday, May 7. There's no timeline for it to conclude. A new Pope could be selected in a matter of hours, days, weeks or even years. The voting is done in secrecy, with ...

During a conclave, the doors of the Sistine Chapel are sealed with the declaration “extra omnes” as cardinal-electors begin the secret voting process. File photo of a Swiss Guard during a diplomatic ...

Whoever is picked will become one of the world's most powerful figures, considered to be the successor of St Peter, the first ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

As cardinals from Myanmar to Malta ready themselves for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis sought to drag ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

We’re talking about the legacy of Pope Francis, the challenges facing the church and what’s involved in the real-life ...