The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.

The new pope will be the successor to Francis I, who died on April 21 at age 88 after a 12-year papacy. Here's everything you ...

Nicaraguans, Cubans and Venezuelans hope for a church that will denounce repression.

When Jorge Bergoglio chose the name Francis upon becoming pope, it was a tribute to his favorite saint. Others took ...

Cardinals will begin picking a new Roman Catholic leader on May 7. Here's what Bishop John Dolan says about the conclave ...

President Donald Trump was coy when asked this week who he would like to see become the next Bishop of Rome. “I’d like to be ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with ...

The movie "Conclave" paints a mostly accurate picture of the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope, save for an ...

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...

COMMENTARY: The greatest pre-conclave homily was preached by St. John Paul II in 1978, on the Gospel where Christ asks Peter ...

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