At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

The papal conclave was moving toward crowning someone else Pope—until a turn of support vaulted Leo XIV to the top, a ...

Journalists and residents of Schiavon, northern Italy, hometown of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, gather at the Caffe' Centrale, ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

The new pope's leadership will set the tone for the Church's future, whether continuing Francis's progressive reforms or ...

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

Caffè Centrale, on the main drag of the Veneto hometown of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a papal favorite, filled up with locals ...

Though associated closely with Francis’ pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in personality and diplomatic in his ...

The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls on Wednesday afternoon ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, ...