Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

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Cardinals have returned to the Sistine Chapel for the second day of the secretive process to elect the next leader of the ...

133 cardinals have sent up the white smoke to signal that they’ve chosen a new pope during the papal conclave at ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV after being elected as the first American pope in history. Follow ...

The end of each round of balloting will be signaled by smoke emanating from a stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke -- fumata nera in Italian -- indicates an inconclusive vote, while ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first American pope and is seen as a diplomat in the church. On Sunday, the new pope called for an end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Tune in to "The ...