The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

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

The papal conclave begins Wednesday, May 7. There's no timeline for it to conclude. A new Pope could be selected in a matter of hours, days, weeks or even years. The voting is done in secrecy, with ...

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...

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

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV's successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church’s history. It's also ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...