Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry forward" the legacy of Pope Francis' pontificate "in its essential elements." ...

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

Bishop Matthew Kukah has dismissed the notion that the election of a new pope, such as the recently elected Pope Leo XIV, follows a regional rotation or “turn-taking” system, describing the proce ...

“Anyone with a Cambridge MA can vote,” explains Prof Scott-Warren. “There’s tens of thousands of votes and you have to ...

(The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this report.) The balloting process for the papal conclave may be shrouded in secrecy, but it is straightforward. Each conclave member writes his ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave vote last night.

It is now the official mourning period with the end of Pope ... process that dates back to the Middle Ages. Only cardinals who are under the age of 80 are eligible to vote in the conclave ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St.

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a pope.

The election of a successor to Pope Clement ... That is where the name still used for the process of selecting a new pope — "conclave," which translates to "under lock and key" — came from.