The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

With the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to choose its next spiritual leader, a decision that ...

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

the Catholic Church is looking to the future. The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome, with 133 cardinal electors tasked with choosing Francis' successor. The question now ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

Already, “Conclave” appears to be the most relevant movie of the year, whether by coincidence or providence. The inner ...