For centuries, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has been chosen through what’s known as a papal conclave. The proceedings are cloaked in secrecy, making them the subject of speculation and ...

A surprising find has been made by Italian archaeologists. They discovered an Ancient Roman bath complex at the Appian Way ...

"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...

where cardinals will begin the secretive voting process to select the next man who will lead the Roman Catholic Church. A total of 133 cardinals will be casting their ballots starting at 4:30 p.m ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope. Freed from their conclave, cardinals began describing the hours and days ...

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election by the college of cardinals on Thursday surprised millions of Catholics around the world, including ...

The 133 cardinal electors took an oath of secrecy before being locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel for ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a group of students at an international Catholic school in Rome ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church on May 7, the Vatican said, confirming what a source had previously told Reuters.