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

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

As cardinals gather in the Vatican to elect a new pope—with a Filipino among the favorites—the church in Asia's most Catholic ...

Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...

The Catholic Church welcomed Pope Leo XIV (Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost) as its new pontiff with the Catholic Bishops' ...

The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass.

This age-old practice is not just ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. The U.S. group’s co-director launched the online database in the Philippines on Wednesday, urging the country ...

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, ...