White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope. The article below ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected on the conclave’s ...

(NEXSTAR) – At the final Mass at the Vatican Wednesday before the secretive conclave process officially kicked off, a sea of red and purple robes were visible in St. Peter’s Basilica. The wardrobe ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By NICOLE WINFIELD and VANESSA GERA, Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, ...

Editor's note: White smoke emerged above the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, May 8. Follow here for live updates. Around 45,000 people were gathered in St Peter's Square to await the announcement on ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of conclave voting.

One of the new pope’s brothers has given an interview to a Chicago TV station, shedding light on how Cardinal Robert Prevost prepared for the Vatican conclave that elected him pontiff. Turns out the ...

Simony, properly defined by the Catholic Church as the selling of ecclesiastical offices and positions, has been designated as a grave sin since approximately 300 C.E. and can merit excommunication ...