Catholic cardinals will gather inside the Vatican for their closed-door conclave to elect the next supreme pontiff following ...

The Catholic Church will soon begin the highly choreographed process of choosing its new leader following the death of Pope ...

The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope. The ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world ...

Catholic cardinal electors will choose a new pope in a secretive, centuries-old ritual called a conclave. On Wednesday, the ...

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

Catholic cardinals from all around the the world will be locked in the Vatican today to decide on the successor to Pope ...