As people watched the papal election process unfold, advocates for issues including female clergy expressed hopes and fears ...

The Mass precedes the secretive and ritual-filled process to find a new leader of the Catholic Church following the novel ...

Ccardinals from around the world have sequestered in order to pick a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

The 133 cardinal electors due to choose a successor to the late Pope Francis gathered inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on ...

Cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican Wednesday to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

The death of Pope Francis has ignited widespread online curiosity about the process of electing the next leader of the ...

Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave. The electors will vote on a new pope until there is a two-thirds majority. NBC News International Correspondent Molly Hunter reports more from the Vatican.

Wearing bright red vestments, the cardinals processed down the central aisle of the basilica as the Sistine Chapel’s boys’ ...

Cardinals from around the world have descended on Rome for the secretive conclave to decide the next pope. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the top ...

A conclave begins Wednesday to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis who died in April at the age of 88. NBC News covers the Papal conclave at the Vatican.

Catholic cardinal electors from five continents are gathering at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select the next pope.