Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

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

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

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The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

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

The cardinals at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City vow to follow the rules of the conclave, the process by which the next ...

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Many of the cardinals participating were appointed by Pope Francis and have never experienced a conclave for themselves.

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general ...

Well, it seems as though Edward Berger’s Oscar-winning “ Conclave ” could have been a documentary. Life is imitating art as ...