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 ...

Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?

Fr. Schmidt says in past centuries, some conclaves have lasted for months, but no conclave has lasted more than four days ...

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

It’s a big decision that has the whole world watching and waiting. Who will be the next Pope? That’s the question the ...

The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

Sixteen days after the reign of Pope Francis ended with his death on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church is looking to the future. The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome ...

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

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

Catholic cardinals will enter into conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.