Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Vatican official, in a task usually reserved for the cardinal temporarily incharge following a papal death. The Fisherman's ...

The cardinals held their last day of pre-conclave meetings Tuesday morning during which Francis’ fisherman’s ring and his ...

The motto that Francis selected for his papacy, ‘looking at him with mercy, he chose him,’ was inspired by Caravaggio’s ...

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general ...

The ring and seal are destroyed or nulled after a pope’s death to prevent their future misuse to seal official documents.

A white rose is placed on the tomb of Pope Francis inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP ...

like slipping on the most exclusive class ring in existence. And with the recent death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88, ...