Secret ballots: The cardinals vote by hand, writing in the name of the man -- and it must be a baptized Roman Catholic man -- they wanted to be pope. The first vote took place Wednesday afternoon.

Secret ballots: The cardinals vote by hand, writing in the name of the man -- and it must be a baptized Roman Catholic man -- they want to be pope. One vote will take place Wednesday afternoon.

Secret ballots: The cardinals vote by hand, writing in the name of the man — and it must be a baptized Roman Catholic man — they want to be pope. One vote will take place on Wednesday afternoon.

While in theory any baptised Roman Catholic man can be elected pope, every pope since 1379 has been selected from within the Church's cardinals. Women are not allowed to become the pope ...

Despite every pope since 1379 being selected from the College of Cardinals, the rules only stipulate that any baptised Roman Catholic man can technically be elected pope. Pope Francis attending ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Religious scholars and political pundits are asking if (and how far) the new Pope Leo XIV will advance the Church, and ...

The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing ...

Bill Fox (66), a retired clinical psychologist from Co Sligo, says he is “very proud to be a Roman Catholic ... himself from the Catholic Church “as a young man in 1986”, saying he has ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...