With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...

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

The conclave to vote for a new pope begins Wednesday, May 7. Around 130 red-robed cardinals from all over the world processed ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

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

Mexico City lawmakers recently voted to ban violent bullfighting in the country’s capital. Animal rights advocates celebrated ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

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

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

With at least three African cardinals in the running to become the next Pope, African Catholics are excited, but remain ...

As the papal conclave begins, Manila's faith community rallies behind Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, hoping for a Pope who ...