How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

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

While cardinals were electing Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a group of Philadelphia students were selecting a pontiff of ...

When asked at the conclusion of a White House ceremony honoring military mothers for his reaction to a new pope being chosen, ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected the new pope and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.

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

A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...

Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more ...