Cardinal Arborelius said that, although he would appreciate a papal visit from Pope Leo XIV, he hopes that the new pope will ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” or, more simply, “a closed room.” Members of the College of Cardinals ...

But the composition of today's College of Cardinals — and the electors who will form the all-important conclave — is unlike any that came before. Not every cardinal can vote in the conclave ...

Eyes around the world watched the viral video of students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy host their own mini conclave.

They are known as the cardinal electors, and their number is 135. According to the United States Council of Catholic Bishops, before the conclave, the College of Cardinals, which includes 252 ...

Last month, CBS News Chicago introduced you to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy students in Lakeview, who held a mock ...

The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the conclave next week to elect the next pope, acknowledging the “enormity of ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a College of Cardinals that is ... at this week’s general congregations, where cardinals are meeting ahead of the conclave, with Italians leading within the continent.

There was no "rancour" or "politcking" in the conclave to elect the new pope, England and Wales's most senior Roman Catholic tells the BBC.

The cardinals would sit in a hall in a half circle with the dean of the college of cardinals, the Italian Giovanni Battista, ...