For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But Europe remains the largest source of cardinals.

The pope’s favorite baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, congratulated the pontiff on its jumbotron following his election.

Up to two more ballots are scheduled for overnight, with possible smoke signals expected some time after 3.30am New Zealand time.

After white smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on May 8, the new leader of the Roman Catholic church was beamed onto the stadia at Rome’s Foro Italico, where the crowds at ...

Two days after a tentative settlement with survivors of clergy sex abuse was announced in the Archdiocese of New Orleans ...

Vatican cuts phone signal ahead of secret Sistine Chapel vote to elect new pope - In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightened to c ...

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's rang out on Thursday, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge of the Roman ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had ... After learning that a secret conclave had chosen him as pope, students have been ...

In a process dating to medieval times, the cardinals will file into the Vatican's frescoed Sistine Chapel after a public Mass in St Peter's Basilica and start their secret conclave for a successor ...

After he was unveiled as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, he spoke to huge crowds ... from 70 countries were involved in the secret ballot, up from 115 from 48 nations in the last ...

The 133 cardinals under the age of 80 began the heavily ritualized and secret process on Wednesday, shut away in complete isolation as they voted to pick a successor to the late Pope Francis. The ...

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 ...