VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

By the year 1550, ravioli, whole chickens and pies were some of the foods banned from being eaten in a conclave, as they were ...

Cardinal Stephen Chow, 65, the bishop of Hong Kong, was the only Chinese cardinal to vote in the conclave that elected Pope ...

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on the first full day of voting, but this was not quite the fastest conclave in history ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

The conclave officially commences Wednesday, May 7 at 4 a.m. ET (10 a.m. in Rome) with a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica. The ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

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

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 ...

The papal conclave began meeting on Wednesday to select a new pope. Viewers can stream the Oscar-winning 2024 film on this ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for a conclave to elect a ...