The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

The conclave to select the next Pope is starting, and the Sistine Chapel is the room where it happens. As depicted (with some ...

Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman explains the similarities and differences in how Catholics pick their popes and ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, succeeds Pope Francis. Leo spent much of his ministry in Peru and was elected a Roman ...

You have called me to carry that cross, and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me,” the new pontiff said.

Sistine Chapel and begin the conclave with a singular goal: to elect "a worthy pastor" for the universal church.

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Following Pope Francis's death, the Vatican is in conclave to elect a new leader, but the initial vote on May 7th resulted in ...

Support for the new Pope, who is seen as a conciliatory figure, accelerated after the second ballot and coalesced into a ...