The papal conclave for the selection of the new Pope to replace Pope Francis can last only a few hours or up to years.

Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...

With its meteoric rise chronicled in the New York Times under the comical headline “Two Religious Conservatives and a Marxist ...

Watch a live view of Vatican chimney on Thursday (8 May) as the conclave continue another round of discussions after failing ...

The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — and 133 cardinals ...

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

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for a new pope. The first conclave ballot failed to find a ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

As Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to begin the voting process for the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, we ...

The Catholic bishops in Spokane and Seattle have told parishioners they will not fully comply with a new Washington law that ...

Forty-eight-hundred-and-four miles separate Vatican City from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, but a group of faithful gathered ...