He is undoubtedly qualified, as the only clear qualifications for the role of pontiff are that candidates be male and Roman ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel closed on Wednesday, signaling the beginning of the conclave in which 133 cardinals will ...

As cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope, the chosen name holds significant meaning. Following ...

Catholics gathered Wednesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to celebrate a special Mass for the election of a new ...

Among leading traditionalists, Cardinals Robert Sarah and Raymond Burke have garnered the most media attention. A few conservative-leaning outlets have even floated their names as papal front-runners.

Forty-eight-hundred-and-four miles separate Vatican City from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, but a group of faithful gathered ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel after Cardinals fail to elect pope - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A former San Diego theology professor is among the crowd of onlookers at the Vatican, waiting in anticipation as the next pope is chosen. Aaron Bianco, who previously taught at the ...