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 ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

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The controversial term that was used by a news anchor to describe Cardinals electing a new pope is understood to have X-rated ...

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope ...

The world is waiting to see who will replace Pope Francis, and Newsweek reveals when you can expect to see smoke signals.

At the Mass for the election of a new pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals made “a strong call to maintain the unity of ...

The plume came a full 90 minutes past the time the College of Cardinals was set to wrap voting on day one of the conclave. As the afternoon’s proceedings began, a Vatican official declared ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

Joe Vericker/Getty With less than a week left until the conclave to select a new pope is set to begin, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has given an inside look at the process. The meeting of the College of ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the conclave to elect a new pope began ... fastened on a comment by the 91-year-old dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, asking whether he may have ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel early Thursday, signaling that the cardinals have yet to elect a new pope.