White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

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

With the passing of Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church is preparing to choose its next spiritual leader, a decision that ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

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

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...