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

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 question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

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

However, for centuries, popes have only been chosen from among the Catholic cardinals, the church's most senior officials. The conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel, behind sealed doors.

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV's successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church’s history. It's also ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...