The conclave opens following days of intense deliberation. Over the past 10 days, a clear divide has begun to emerge between ...

Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the ...

The cardinals will surrender their cellphones and airwaves around the Vatican will be jammed to prevent them from all communications until they find a new leader ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

VATICAN CITY -- The conclave to elect the 267th pope and successor to Pope Francis has gotten underway Wednesday. In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ...

Latin for “all out” — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Wednesday and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries ...