When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the ...

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The conclave to select the successor to Pope Francis will begin Wednesday afternoon in Vatican City, where cardinals from around the world have gathered to take part in the mysterious process that has ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope, including Omaha native ...

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A Pittsburgh-native is one of 10 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope who call the United States home. Daniel DiNardo ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals will begin the secretive process known as a conclave.