Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

The papal conclave was moving toward crowning someone else Pope—until a turn of support vaulted Leo XIV to the top, a ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

The 133 cardinals line up to take an oath to ensure the secrecy of the conclave to elect the next leader of the Roman ...

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where the conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Cardinals have elected a new pope who will appear on the Vatican balcony soon and be named—watch our live stream.

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

The election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has captured global attention, but a surprising detail about his preparation has emerged. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, ...

The real story of the Vatican, which drew attention from all over the world, will be revealed for the first time today (12th) ...

So each of the 133 cardinals took a solemn oath of maintaining secrecy about ... Chapel Credit: Vatican/AFP via Getty It was reported that the Pope watched the film Conclave, which portrayed ...