Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

The College of Cardinals have convened for the papal conclave. Several of these cardinals are watching the movie for advice ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...

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

The ballot failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.