Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave will take place in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, which will remain closed to ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.

The conclave to select the next pope will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to the Vatican. The date was confirmed Monday by papal spokesman Matteo Bruni following the April 21 death of Pope ...

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Vatican Media, via Associated Press The first papal conclave in more than a decade began just over two weeks after the death of Pope Francis. Tiziana Fabi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

VATICAN CITY — A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday. The date of the conclave was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding ...