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 ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on the second day of the conclave. His papal ...

But how faithful is the movie to the real thing? "Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College ...

According to Politico, the 2024 thriller has been a “helpful research tool” for clerics to learn about how the process works.

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope ...

The plume came a full 90 minutes past the time the College of Cardinals was set to wrap voting on day one of the conclave. As the afternoon’s proceedings began, a Vatican official declared ...

At the Mass for the election of a new pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals made “a strong call to maintain the unity of ...

Joe Vericker/Getty With less than a week left until the conclave to select a new pope is set to begin, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has given an inside look at the process. The meeting of the College of ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the conclave to elect a new pope began ... fastened on a comment by the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, asking whether he may have ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel early Thursday, signaling that the cardinals have yet to elect a new pope.

A senior cardinal has urged the cardinals voting in a conclave to elect a pope who prizes unity in diversity, and puts ...