Cardinals enter a conclave on Wednesday to choose a new pope, leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

The process to choose a new pope will begin Wednesday in the Vatican.The papal conclave is the gathering of voting-eligible ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, with all cardinals under the age of 80 able to vote ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Inside the secretive meeting, cardinals will use an array of objects, many steeped in tradition, as they elect the next pope.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

“Holy Father, you had me at ‘JD Vance is wrong,’” Colbert quipped as the studio audience roared with cheers.

There has been a growing coalescence around the idea Pope Francis's work to shake up the workings of the Church should be ...