The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion-strong Catholic Church.

This was the ultra-secret process revealed in the book 'The Last Conclave' by Vatican experts Gerard O'Connell and Elisabetta ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Allen’s book, “León XIV: Ciudadano del mundo, misionero del siglo XXI” (“Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the ...

Twenty cardinal electors and influential cardinal non-electors spoke to NCR after Pope Leo XIV's election. In Part 2 of this ...

Pope Francis during the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on December 24, 2024. [Tiziana FABI / AFP] The process of choosing a new Pope in the Roman Catholic Church is referred ...

On Your Side spoke to Vatican Reporter Colleen Dulle about her experience covering Pope Leo XIV over the last six months.

In just a matter of hours, the College of Cardinals will gather to cast their first vote on a new pope, but don't expect a winner to be chosen today. By now, you've probably read a lot about the ...

Pope Leo XIV intends to call all the cardinals to the Vatican for a two-day meeting on Jan. 7-8, 2026, the Vatican ...

A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.