During a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV received a hat of his alma mater, Villanova, from the National ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected.

Thousands of workers will benefit from Pope Leo’s monetary gift including those who work in the Vatican’s bookstore, clothing ...

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

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke ...

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

Filippo Monteforte/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Cardinals recited an oath before beginning the conclave. Vatican Media, via Associated Press The first papal conclave in more than a decade ...

There will be 133 cardinals voting in the conclave, the most electors ever. The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.