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

A change in popes is a complicated process. Centuries-old rituals are involved in the transition in leadership for both the ...

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

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

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

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

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

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

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

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