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 ...

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 ...

Update: White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope.

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When did the 2025 papal conclave begin? When did voting for a new pope start? The papal conclave begins Wednesday, May 7. There's no timeline for it to conclude. A new Pope could be selected in a ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the 2025 Papal Conclave has begun as cardinals gather inside the Sistine Chapel to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church. With the world watching ...

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were or what we were doing when the news was broken to us. The moment the TV ...

Pope Leo XIV Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to get an update about their ...

Get the latest updates from the 2025 Papal Conclave, as the cardinals have now cast their votes for the new pope. Following the death of Pope Francis, the 2025 Papal Conclave has begun as ...