VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevos in the U.S., has been chosen to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic ...

The conclave — where cardinals worldwide converge in Vatican City to elect a new pontiff, following Pope Francis' death — will begin May 7, according to the Vatican ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

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

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

That's the magic number. It will take at least 89 cardinals to elect Pope Francis' successor. That's the two-thirds supermajority of the 133 men who will enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 for the ...

Modern conclaves typically last two to three days, with Pope Francis also elected in two days. The shortest conclave was 10 ...