Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

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

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Cardinals of the Catholic Church ended the conclave and chose a new pope. Here's what to know about Pope Leo XIV.

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

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

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...