Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

The College of Cardinals have convened for the papal conclave. Several of these cardinals are watching the movie for advice ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are locked inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope ...