Officials and staff involved in the upcoming Conclave have taken the oath of secrecy ahead of the election of a new Pope. The Conclave is a secret meeting where Catholic Cardinals will elect a new ...

A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Donald Trump has suggested he played a role in Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV’s election as the new pontiff. That’s despite the U.S. president having nothing to do with the traditional Conclave process ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a new pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending contenders following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Leo spoke off-the-cuff in ...

With the recent death of Pope Francis, the papal conclave took 33 hours to select Cardinal Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, to lead the papacy. Stephen McNulty ’25, who is involved ...

As parishioners gathered for Mass on a warm Mother's Day morning, Catholics across the Wilmington area expressed pride and excitement at the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American ...

CAIRO (AP) — A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians voted on Monday in a process that will lead to the selection of a new pope for the ancient church, as the community struggles to assert its identity ...

First pope to succeed a retired pope in 600 years plans mass, prayers. VATICAN CITY, March 14, 2013— -- There was not a "dry eye in the house" at the Sistine Chapel the moment when former ...