After black smoke appeared on the first day of the conclave, the search for Pope Francis's successor continues. The 133 ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has begun, but how long will it last? Here's the longest and shortest a conclave has lasted ...

A group of faithful walk with a cross under a colonnade at the Vatican, one day before the start of the conclave. Photograph by Dimitar Dilkoff, Getty Images Visitors congregate near Rome’s St ...

Nuns don’t have a vote in the election of a pope. But nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders gathered in ...

The Bates group has spent their days visiting archaeological sites around Rome, but they’ve also joined the crowds in St.

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

In lavish halls, days before a conclave will select a new pope, power brokers came together for a mix of devotion, activism, ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.