Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope on Truth Social as cardinals get ready to vote for ...

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...

The gleaming colonnade of St. Peter's Square provides a majestic backdrop as four men wait for a free dinner on a terrace in ...

The 2025 conclave is less predictable than ever after Francis shook up the Catholic Church during his years as pope. What will that mean for the election of his successor?

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

Since the death of Pope Francis on April 21, interest has surged in the Oscar-winning film "Conclave" and its source novel, which dramatizes the intrigue behind the election of a new pope. "Sunday ...

Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of France cooed at babies on Sunday at a church in the Monti neighborhood of Rome. Cardinal Peter ...

Trump and the White House shared the image on their online accounts Friday — just after the 78-year-old president joked that the Vatican should contemplate making him the Holy Father when ...

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

For the second Sunday in a row, the balcony from where the pope prays the traditional Angelus remained empty. An unusual ...

The chimney on the Sistine Chapel is up, and voting to elect the next pope will begin on Wednesday afternoon, May 7. Here is ...