The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Rafael Devers said the quiet part (very) out loud, Max Fried has been (somehow) even better with the Yankees, and Derek ...

Asked whether it was unexpected for an American to be elected, Father Reese said: “Oh yeah, shocking.” Robert Prevost, who ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

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Italian-American Catholic priest Robert Sirico, who was recently interviewed about the papal conclave, has a very famous ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Latin for "all out" — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Wednesday and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual of electing a new leader of the Catholic Church, opening the ...

(VATICAN CITY) -- The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on Wednesday, bringing cardinals from all over the world to select ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

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Francis-era reforms that saw a diverse group of cardinals join the mix make his successor nearly impossible to call.