One of the UK’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on people to pray for himself and other cardinals as they embark on the secret voting process to elect a new pope.

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This conclave could have begun on May 5, but the delayed starting date of May 7 ...

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a divided College of Cardinals.

When a new pope is selected, the Vatican will release white smoke into the air. Wooward says it was a tragedy to lose Pope Francis, and the Catholic Diocese of Jackson is praying a new pope is chosen ...

(CNN) — The secretive process for voting for a new pope all happens inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. After the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church must choose a new pope in a process ...

Cardinals will start the process to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church Wednesday when the conclave begins in ...

Ahead of the papal conclave, 133 cardinals have gathered in Vatican City, and one will emerge as the new pope. During a conclave, an assembly of cardinals, under age 80, meets in strict seclusion to ...

One of the most sacred and secretive traditions in the Catholic Church begins Tuesday as the College of Cardinals gathers for ...

The Vatican is streaming live views of St. Peter's Square on its YouTube channel, NBC offers a "smoke cam" and CNN created a 3D visualization.

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general congregations — the last of which was Tuesday (May 6).

When a new pope is elected, there are two signs that mark that historic moment: the white smoke from the chimney of the ...