In the history of the Catholic Church, several popes went on to pick papal names after their selection. This rich and old ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

All cardinals who are eligible to elect the next head of the Catholic Church have arrived in Rome two days before the ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

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

Catholic cardinals are meeting to elect a new pope, with no clear successor to Pope Francis yet. Prominent candidates include ...

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

The 2025 conclave is less predictable than ever after Pope Francis shook up the Catholic Church during his years as pope. What will that mean for the election of his successor?

Shrouded in secrecy — that’s perhaps the most fitting description of the conclave that elects the next leader of the global ...

As the Vatican prepares for a conclave to choose a new pope, American Catholics share their hopes and concerns for the Church ...

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

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