Pope Francis died on April 21, 2025. Many world leaders are expected to attend his funeral in Vatican City, including ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

Pope Francis' funeral will take place at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday, April 26. Here's how to watch the service from home.

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American pope in the many centuries since Catholicism was introduced to the U.S. As ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning this conclave should ...

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on Thursday to signal a cardinal has been elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

The new pope is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost— and will be known to the world as Leo XIV — after he was elected Thursday in ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic Church.

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

All 133 cardinals eligible to elect Pope Francis’s successor have arrived in Rome for the conclave. They will take their ...