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White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

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 ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

Over the coming days, eyes will search for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.