Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

Some 133 cardinals of the Catholic Church casted their votes for a successor to Pope Francis. Get to know the key players and ...

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

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican in Rome failed to choose a new pope on their second day of voting.

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

American Catholics who traveled to Rome spoke to "CBS Mornings" about what they want the next pope to represent as they ...