Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

Papal Conclave 2025 begins May 7 as 133 cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope after Pope Francis's ...

Brian Burch, nominated by Donald Trump to become the next ambassador to the Holy See, tied to fake news about the health of ...

For black smoke, the Vatican uses a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur. The white smoke used to signal ...

US Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Sunday that President Trump's the posting of the image 'wasn't good' but declined to say ...

A teenage girl who went missing more than a week ago has been found safe more than 800 miles away. According to information ...

Catholic cardinals are set to gather for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

The papal conclave is a mystery to many. Here's what we know about the process of selecting a new leader for the Roman ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope Francis' death.

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect ...