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

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 ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

The world is waiting to see who will replace Pope Francis, and Newsweek reveals when you can expect to see smoke signals.

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 ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that begins on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of ...