As the world awaits the announcement of a new pope, Catholic residents in Kansas City expressed their hopes for the future ...

As Catholics around the world wait for a new pope to be voted in, they also are also waiting to see what name the new pontiff ...

With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

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

The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...

A couple miles from the ongoing conclave, sisters in leadership gather at the International Union of Superiors General assembly May 5-9, with Pope Francis' spirit of synodality at its center.

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

On Wednesday, May 7, a conclave was held in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican. A total of 133 cardinals from 71 countries ...

The first conclave in more than a decade comes during an uncertain time for the church, which is facing difficult decisions ...

Cardinals have begun the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, a process steeped in tradition and ritual, as Catholics ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

The chances the cardinals would agree on a new leader in their first vote were vanishingly remote, so today’s result reveals ...