Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

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Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

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Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pope on Wednesday.

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...