The Vatican has cut off the phone signal to prevent leaks as cardinals prepare to enter the secretive conclave to decide the ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to ...

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

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

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

A U.S. bishop offers insight on why many think it's unlikely Catholic cardinals will break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick an American pope.

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

As the world waits to see white smoke, let’s look back on our 10 favorite onscreen popes—from Jude Law to Jeremy Irons.

Conclave begins today to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Here’s what time to watch for black or white smoke, how the process ...

While I am—to put it generously—a lapsed Catholic, those close to me know that I remain enthralled by the spectacle of a ...

Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.