On the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney billowed into the sky, prompting waves of ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...

Leo XIV’s predecessor Pope Francis, birth name Jorge Maria Bergoglio, appointed 80% of the cardinals who voted to elect one ...

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...

Still, it was an exciting moment for the Americans who were at the Vatican that day. Mariner says he and his wife were in a ...

Pope Leo was among several cardinals who turned to the film “Conclave” for pointers prior to the start of the election this ...

It took just two days for the College of Cardinals to elect a new Pope less than a month after the death of Francis ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke ...

Cardinals have elected a new pope who will appear on the Vatican balcony soon and be named—watch our live stream.

White smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signalling that the 133 Roman ...

The process of choosing a successor to the late Pope Francis, and shaping the future of the Catholic Church, has begun.

The Baltimore faithful are marking a new era of the Catholic Church amid the election of the first American to become pope.