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 ...

Black smoke was seen over the Vatican on Wednesday, May 7, indicating no decision had been reached yet in the election for a ...

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

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 ...

The likes of meat skewers, pasta, potatoes, fish and boiled vegetables are understood to be commonly consumed menu items ...

Cardinals wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings Tuesday, trying to identify a possible new pope who could follow Pope ...

Perhaps a revealing question is whether the church will continue the radical novelty Francis brought as a pope from a ...

The world is waiting to see who will replace Pope Francis, and Newsweek reveals when you can expect to see smoke signals.

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

The appeal came as the cardinals concluded their seventh general congregation — the daily meetings leading up to the start of ...

At the end of the Mass, the cardinals and congregation sang the Regina Caeli, the traditional Easter hymn to the Blessed ...

America has great economic culture, political power and military power, and [for an American] to be heading the Church too, ...