For the longest time, the Catholic Church, particularly the papacy, has been a formidable force in shaping global – and even local – politics. From the Medieval period until today, the papacy in one ...

The Catholic Church's longest-ever papal conclave began in November 1268 and did not conclude until September 1271, a staggering 1,006 days later. The agonizingly drawn-out process to elect a ...

On the second day of a conclave, four rounds of voting are held, and so on, until a new leader of the Catholic Church is elected ... Out of the last five, the longest has only been three days.

Who is the next man destined to lead the Catholic Church? Let’s take a look ... See remaining vacant for three years—the longest modern conclave occurred in 1740. Opened on February 18 ...

Swedish Cardinal Anders Arborelius said the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV “was first and foremost a unifying experience.

As the world held its collective breath for white smoke at the Vatican to signal the selection of a new Catholic pope, some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were smugly ...

As Pope Leo XIV is formally inaugurated, he vows to work for unity and peace at a time of polarization in the Catholic Church and the wider world, with leaders including Vice President Vance and ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church ... of Leo at a conclave, or College of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes ... remarkably quick 24-hour conclave, appears to have ...

And so the votes for Parolin, mostly curial members and Catholic moderates ... from the cardinals in the conclave. After so many years of the media presenting the church as divided, the cardinals ...

It was the first conclave NCR would cover in the digital ... ROME — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church Tuesday after one of the briefest conclaves in modern ...

The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep knowledge of the Church Fathers. Here is who he has been citing in the ...