A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

Cardinals arrive to attend the Ninth Novemdiale mass at St Peter's Basilica in The Vatican, on May 4, 2025. [AFP] The Vatican's papal conclave to choose a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.4 ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu has officially withdrawn from the May 7 papal conclave under intense legal and ethical scrutiny. Once a top Vatican official, Becciu was convicted of embezzlement and now steps ...

Most internal promotions don’t get this much attention. Most job selection processes don’t have centuries of history behind them — and few, if any, have a special name. But then, most job selections ...

Pope Leo XIV, an American, was elected as the 267th pontiff on May, 8th, 2025, following a papal conclave conducted by the ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan will be replaced as head of the Archdiocese of New York in the coming days, multiple news reports ...

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Watch 'Conclave.' How to view the 2024 movie about the pope selection Cardinals from around the world are at the Sistine Chapel in Rome for the ...

Cardinals hold final general congregation on eve of first vote for new pope. VATICAN CITY March 11, 2013— -- On the eve of the much-anticipated conclave that will determine the next pope, ...

VITERBO, Italy, April 18, 2005 — -- In the 13th century, most popes preferred to live in the medieval village of Viterbo, located in central Italy. At the time, the town was far removed from the ...