Doesn’t it feel like everyone on social media is a self-described papal expert these days? In today’s issue: Papal conclave ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out ''extra omnes'' and the door to ...

The next leader of the Catholic Church is unlikely to be either a progressive reformer or a hard-line conservative.

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to find a new leader of the 1.4-billion-member ...

The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

Roman Catholic cardinals from across the globe entered the Sistine Chapel to choose a new pope, who will set the moral ...

Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...