The Vatican announced this week that its College of Cardinals will convene on May 7 for the conclave process at the famed Sistine Chapel – where they'll elect Pope Francis' successor as leader ...

For the first time in 450 years, a citadel of Protestant worship in England — the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace — echoed to the sound of Roman Catholic prayers and music.

Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic church. He served until his death in 1903 at the age of 93. ... Pope Francis became the pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013.

Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling that the cardinals locked in a conclave have not yet chosen a new pope to guide the Roman Catholic Church ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis ...

If a new pope isn’t chosen the first day, the cardinals will meet on day two for a Mass at 8:15 a.m. in the Pauline Chapel, or Papal Chapel, followed by a mid-morning prayer at 9:30 a.m. before ...

Of the 133 cardinals sequestered in the Vatican since May 7, one has now been elected as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church. This story is developing. Keywords: habemus papam; ...

Pope Leo XIV, Leader of Catholic Church (through interpreter): Dear brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the risen Christ, the good shepherd who gave his life for the flock of God.

A t the Roman Catholic chapel on the University of New Mexico campus last week, one woman worshiper commented on the vaguely familiar hymn sung at the end of the Mass. “It’s very pretty ...