The first candidate to secure two-thirds of the votes is elected as the next pope. The prospect of an American becoming pope is "very unlikely," according to Dr. Miles Pattenden, a historian of the ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting.

Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. Our editors are on the ground in Rome covering the conclave to elect the next pope. In today’s episode from Rome, the team discusses: ...

Mass was held in St. Peter’s Basilica hours before 133 cardinals begin the conclave to select the man who will replace Pope ...

Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the ...

Cardinals arrived at the Vatican Wednesday for the first day of the conclave which will elect a new pope. Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls to ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

Catholic cardinals are filing into the Sistine Chapel for the start of the conclave to elect a new pope to follow Pope ...