Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, with all cardinals under the age of 80 able to vote ...

When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the ...

What the world’s Indigenous Catholics don’t want to lose with the death of the first pontiff from the Southern Hemisphere: ...

May the next pope walk the path Francis helped illuminate—with humility, courage, and the conviction that faith must always ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

A look at some of the hundreds of thousands of Catholics from around the world who flocked to Vatican City to pay their ...

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...

SoCal LGBTQ+ Catholics saw Pope Francis’ stance on homosexuality as a strong defense against discrimination in the church ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney signals no pope was elected after the first vote, as 133 cardinals begin the most diverse conclave in Catholic Church history to choose Francis’ successor.

Among those secluded at the Sistine Chapel and its environs during the papal conclave to select the successor to Pope Francis ...