Sister Ngalula, a Congolese thelogian, says more women should lead the Catholic Church ...

Pope Gregory XV, elected in 1621, was the last pope to be elected by “spontaneous acclamation” when all the cardinals, ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel this morning, signalling that the cardinals locked in a conclave ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8), signalling that the cardinals locked in a ...

The longest conclave in history, in the 13th century, lasted two years and nine months. Thankfully, since the beginning of ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...

The conclave to elect the new pope brought no new updates as the Sistine Chapel chimney billowed black smoke, indicating no ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...