Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on the second day of the conclave. His papal ...

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

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 conclave, they will decide.

Get the latest updates from the 2025 Papal Conclave, as the cardinals have now cast their votes for the new pope. Following the death of Pope Francis, the 2025 Papal Conclave has begun as cardinals ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected on the conclave’s 1st ballot. Today’s live updates have ended. Read what you missed below ...

The process of choosing a successor to the late Pope Francis, and shaping the future of the Catholic Church, has begun.

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

The first ballot will be cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News. Voting will then happen ...

The morning began with a Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff at St. Peter's Basilica, and later Wednesday afternoon, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave starting Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope ...

On the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney billowed into the sky, prompting waves of ...

May 6, 2025 • As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine ...