When Pope Francis died in April 2025, the world was immediately rapt with interest about who would succeed him. In order to choose a new Pope, the College of Cardinals, many hand-picked by Francis ...

Reflecting on the spiritual process of electing a new pope, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has revealed in a press conference the real reason the conclave selected Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope ...

After attending the funeral of Pope Francis over the weekend, President Donald Trump had an interesting thought about who could succeed the Catholic leader. When asked by reporters on the White House ...

Donald Trump has suggested he played a role in Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV’s election as the new pontiff. That’s despite the U.S. president having nothing to do with the traditional Conclave process ...

Following President Donald Trump's endorsement of the first American-born pope, Pope Leo XIV, social media users were quick to discover that the new pope had previously been critical of Vice President ...

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 ...

I resigned myself when I saw the way things were going.... I took a deep breath, I said: ‘Here we go, Lord. You are in charge; you lead the way.’” ...

While Florida is politically significant, its Catholic population is small compared to the global Catholic community. The selection of a cardinal is based on individual merit and pastoral skills, not ...

In the Vatican, 133 Roman Catholic cardinals are meeting to cast their first ballots for a new pope. Cardinals will vote four times a day until they reach a two-thirds majority to elect a new pope.

Mainstream media is not sure how to report on the Papal conclave: How can I tell? Because CBS said, on the air, that the cardinals choosing the next Pope are "rawdogging" the conclave—as in, they are ...