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 ...

Fr. Schmidt says in past centuries, some conclaves have lasted for months, but no conclave has lasted more than four days ...

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

Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

The papal conclave begins Wednesday, May 7. There's no timeline for it to conclude. A new Pope could be selected in a matter of hours, days, weeks or even years. The voting is done in secrecy, with ...

Sixteen days after the reign of Pope Francis ended with his death on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church is looking to the future. The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome ...

Omaha native Blase Cupich is back in the States after attending the conclave in Rome last week. He's one of the 251 cardinals ...

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

The process of choosing a pope will have little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S.

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

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