While Pope Franci s accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

The image, shared Friday night on Trump's Truth Social site and later reposted by the White House on its official X account, ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo showing himself as the pope ahead of this week's gathering of cardinals ...

Stoves have been installed in the Sistine Chapel that will generate smoke, marking the progress of the conclave's mission to choose a new pope.

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

The conclave to elect the new pope is just days away — and bettors are laying down cash wagers on who will be chosen, his papal name and nationality, and even the number of voting rounds it ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his conversation with US President Donald Trump at the Vatican last ...

In the past, conclaves have led to surprises, as in the elections of Popes John XXIII, John Paul I, John Paul II and Francis.

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Merida, Venezuela, arrives to attend a general congregation meeting of the College of ...