Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

On May 16, 1835, a small group of men and women from the Rome area gathered in the home of Evan Pearson, a pastor from what ...

Scott Rutledge said that even after a career that included concert tours of Germany and Ireland, his best memories of 41 ...

What’s in a name? That’s a question Catholics often ask after a new pope is elected. One of his first official acts of a new pope is to choose a name. Deeply symbolic, the name often reflects the pope ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope were a call for peace, echoing the legacy of his predecessors. Here's a look at their ...

Thousands of Americans are in Rome waiting for a sign of smoke -- white, which would announce the start of a new era for the ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...