Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave will take place in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, which will remain closed to ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave starting Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope ...

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

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) smoke billows from the chimney of ...

The conclave to select the next pope will begin on Wednesday, May 7, according to the Vatican. The date was confirmed Monday by papal spokesman Matteo Bruni following the April 21 death of Pope ...

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

Inside the secretive meeting, cardinals will use an array of objects, many steeped in tradition, as they elect the next pope.

Phone signal will be cut off at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET) on Wednesday, an hour and a half before the cardinals are scheduled to proceed to the Sistine Chapel to begin the papal conclave, Italian ...