Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

As the conclave to find Pope Francis’ successor continues, the cardinals are not eating gourmet food amid their sequestered ...

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

"Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the ...

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

Update 3 p.m. ET May 7: Black smoke poured from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, indicating that no pope has been elected ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising ...

You would get to know them and because part of being a cardinal is that you would serve on different Vatican initiatives,” he said. Recalling a previous papal conclave, Dolan said he “had a ...

On Thursday, May 8, 133 cardinals from around the world elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV at the Sistine Chapel during the Conclave, making him the first US-born Pope in the ...