The election of a new pope has begun following the death of Pope Francis last month. The secret conclave of 131 Catholic ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

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As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

The conclave to vote for a new pope begins Wednesday, May 7. Around 130 red-robed cardinals from all over the world processed ...

Since the last conclave in 2013, the geographical makeup of cardinal electors has changed under Francis' leadership. NBC News ...

With its meteoric rise chronicled in the New York Times under the comical headline “Two Religious Conservatives and a Marxist ...

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

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

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