The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...

The term conclave refers to a private meeting or secret assembly, especially a meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals secluded continuously while choosing a pope, according to merriam-webster.com. What ...

The Catholic Church is not dying from persecution. It is dying from confusion. Under Pope Francis, ambiguity became policy. Tradition was treated as baggage, and doctrine was left to the discretion of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

The conclave began May 7 and continues until a new pope is selected. Who votes for a pope? Only cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote in a conclave. They are known as the cardinal ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols is one of more than 130 electors who will be meet in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel during the ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - People around the world are waiting for the new pope to be selected. Monsignor Scott Friend of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church talked about how the church handles this ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

WASHINGTON — White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon, signaling that the College of Cardinals had elected a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. The ...

TULSA, Okla. — As Catholics around the globe eagerly await the white smoke to pour out of the Vatican chimney, those at one independent Catholic parish in Tulsa marked the papal conclave’s first day ...