Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

The conclave to elect a new pope is well-known as the most secretive event in the Roman Catholic church. However, a British ...

Here's what to expect as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting in the papal conclave.

Francis may have been globally admired, but within the church hierarchy he was a polarizing figure. This could have resulted ...

Being here in Rome, being part of something that’s thousands of years old, and seeing a list of every pope since St. Peter — you see this continuous chain, and you just know you’re part of ...

When white smoke rose out of the Vatican on Thursday, Catholics in Roanoke were watching from their screens in delight as ...

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...