While cardinals were electing Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a group of Philadelphia students were selecting a pontiff of ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After ...

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

There is no formal time limit: until two-thirds of the 133 voting cardinals agree on a new pope, the cardinals must continue ...

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

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

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The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.

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Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here’s what to know.