At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

Cardinals from around the world have sequestered in order to pick a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

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A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

After the death of Pope Francis, cardinals of the church will soon gather to pick the next pontiff, with many flocking to ...

Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope began checking into two Vatican hotels on ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on the second day of the conclave. His papal ...

Despite some disappointment, hopes were still high that a pope would be chosen quickly, perhaps as early as Thursday ...