A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

The Vatican announced the conclave's start date following ... a significantly less chaotic process, with both Francis and his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI, elected within around two days.

The cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis, the first pope from Latin America, the first Jesuit, ...

After joking that it would be his "number one choice" to lead the Catholic Church, US President Donald Trump took the moment ...

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope, as jockeying continued outside over who among the ...

Do you know how many papal conclaves there have been in your lifetime? Here’s how many conclaves there were in the last 100 ...

US President Donald Trump has sparked global controversy by posting an AI-generated image of himself in papal robes, shortly ...