Cardinals will gather for the papal conclave — the centuries-old tradition through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected — starting on May 7, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Monday ...

Following the death or abdication of a pope, the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican to choose a new leader at a papal conclave. However, a papal conclave does not necessarily ...

Following the recent death of Pope Francis, the world caught a rare glimpse into one of the most secretive rituals on the planet: the election of a new pope. The centuries-old process, known as the ...

Pope Francis during the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2024. [Tiziana FABI / AFP] The process of choosing a new Pope in the Roman Catholic Church is referred ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

Here’s how the next Pope will be selected. On Saturday (April 26) Pope Francis was laid to rest at Santa Maria Maggiore basilica following a funeral in the Vatican. Politicians, royalty and around 400 ...

The papal conclave was moving toward crowning someone else Pope—until a turn of support vaulted Leo XIV to the top, a dramatic behind-the-scenes report has revealed. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, ...