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 ...

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

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

The atmosphere in the Eternal City was electric.

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

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 ...

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

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

Catholic cardinals will enter into conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding ...

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

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.