Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be an official period of mourning, pointing to steps taken in Spain, Cuba and ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, ...

We’re so close to Friday I can almost taste it! In today’s issue: Cardinals elect new pope Trump announces U.K. trade deal ...

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican in Rome failed to choose a new pope on their second day of voting.

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's rang out on Thursday, ...

No new pope has been selected as of the morning of Thursday, May 8, but there's still a chance that one will be picked on the ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the ...

By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals were set to have returned to the Sistine Chapel on ...