A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.

Pope approves canonization of Catholicism's first-ever millennial saint Pope Francis has formally signed off on the canonization of Carlo Acutis, who will become the first-ever saint from the ...

This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

The cast of the film Conclave took a moment to wish Pope Francis well during the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on ...

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Following the death or abdication of a pope, the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican to choose a new leader at a papal conclave. However, a papal conclave does not necessarily ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

ABC7's Liz Nagy spent almost two weeks reporting from the Vatican as the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV as its next leader. Nagy and an ABC7 crew were sent out to cover the papal conclave. They ...

Pope Leo XIV, an American, was elected as the 267th pontiff on May, 8th, 2025, following a papal conclave conducted by the ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican. Vatican Media/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted ...