The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following the first secret vote as the ...

Cardinals have handed in their mobile phones and taken oaths of secrecy as they begin the secret Conclave to decide the next ...

Pope Francis embodied many virtues. He was humble, kind and amicable. A faithful Jesuit, guided by social justice and human ...

Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor to ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new leader, the editors of 'America' remember an extraordinary and beloved pontiff ...

The next leader of the Catholic Church is unlikely to be either a progressive reformer or a hardline conservative.

The conclave will last until there has been a two-thirds majority vote for the next pope. Just one vote will be held on May 7 ...

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

When a new pope is elected, one of his first decisions is to choose a regnal name — a symbolic gesture that reveals spiritual inspiration, political intent, and historical legacy.

Even a perfunctory tweet from the Foreign Ministry was quickly deleted under pressure from far-right coalition members.