VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...

A couple miles from the ongoing conclave, sisters in leadership gather at the International Union of Superiors General assembly May 5-9, with Pope Francis' spirit of synodality at its center.

CBS New anchor Tony Dokoupil is being roasted for saying on air that the cardinals are 'rawdogging' the papal conclave by ...

Many Catholics in New York City and beyond joined in prayer Wednesday to seek divine guidance for the cardinals at the ...

Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday (May 7) from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to ...

The first conclave in more than a decade comes during an uncertain time for the church, which is facing difficult decisions ...

Cardinals have begun the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, a process steeped in tradition and ritual, as Catholics ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

Black smoke emerged from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel at 21:00 on Wednesday evening, signalling that a first ballot ...

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney signals no pope was elected after the first vote, as 133 cardinals begin the most diverse conclave in Catholic Church history to choose Francis’ successor.

The chances the cardinals would agree on a new leader in their first vote were vanishingly remote, so today’s result reveals ...