VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Edward Berger’s “Conclave” had perfect timing. That’s probably what a lot of people thought on Thursday after the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

Since 1831, no conclave has lasted more than four days. Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Easter Sunday, the world cheered as his successor ...

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke ...

the “conclave room” of the Palace of the Popes — an immense fortified castle in the heart of the city, built in the 14th century — is a major attraction. But papal authority over Avignon came to an ...

The pomp and ceremony of a papal conclave — the flutter of cardinals gathering in their red robes, the crowds at the Vatican awaiting the white smoke that proceeds the proclamation from a ...

All eyes were on Vatican City as the papal conclave took place this week. In 2013, Pope Francis was elected in two days over five ballots. Sixteen days after his death, the cardinals convened to ...

In the May 2025 conclave, eight Franciscans are cardinal-electors, including Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, who is thought to be a serious candidate for pope.

ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Cardinal Robert Prevost became the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on the second day of the conclave. His papal name is Pope Leo XIV. Onlookers learned that a ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Cardinals from across the world were sequestered in the Vatican on Wednesday morning in preparation of selecting the next pope, who will ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here are some ...

Vatican City — All the Vatican staff who will be involved in the 2025 conclave to pick the late Pope Francis' successor — from the cleaners to the cooks and custodians — have taken their ...