The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on ...

Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

The earliest conclaves in the 1400s pre-date the founding of the Swiss Guards but since being established in 1506 they have ...

Mahendra Patel, who is facing attempted kidnapping and other charges after a mother accused him of trying to grab her ...

Before the closed-door conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, Catholic cardinals have gathered in the Vatican for a final ...

A look at some of today's top trending headlines including the latest updates on India and Pakistan, the papal conclave and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The College of Cardinals will meet beginning Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...

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

While the next pope is almost certainly well-known already in Vatican City, the rest of the world should prepare to be ...