A s 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 ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

The world can expect to know soon who the 267th pope is. Stay tuned. White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope.Credit: AP The joyous crowd in ...

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a pope.

A candidate must receive at least two-thirds of the vote in order to become the next Pope, and a successful vote will see ...

With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals returned to the Vatican residences ...

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate than many outside the Vatican knew.

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave vote last night.

Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real ...

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois. He was sent to Peru in 1985, where he began a transformative chapter of his life. Assigned to the ...

On the ceiling of the chapel where the cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV is Michelangelo’s kaleidoscopic signifier of a time when Francis’s vision of an inclusive church would have seemed not radical at ...