Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

Catholic cardinals across five continents are now in seclusion at the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7 to vote for the successor to Pope Francis in a conclave that could take hours or days.

Cardinal Arborelius said that, although he would appreciate a papal visit from Pope Leo XIV, he hopes that the new pope will ...

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 ...

How he chooses to bring his own legal acumen to bear on each of these three situations will say a great deal about the early ...

He is the first Singaporean to vote for a new head of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

With the election of Pope Leo XIV, the church and the world had to come to grips with an unexpected, new spiritual leader, ...

Japan's Cardinal Kikuchi Isao details his experience at the conclave to choose Pope Leo XIV in an exclusive interview with NHK.

Pope Leo XIV “is the man the church and the world need right now” and his greatest challenge, “the one he’ll carry most in ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real thing was going on in Rome.

In this episode, we dive into a series of candid interviews conducted by veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O'Connell with cardinal-electors from around the world on the new pope.