Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

ROME (AP) — Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of ...

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church? Experts weigh in.

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

Activists are fighting a church that wants to put the scandal behind it and a public that may be tiring of it.

President Donald Trump posted multiple new AI-generated images of himself over the weekend, including one depicting him as ...

Besides the obvious speculation about the next pope, many in Rome are wondering what name he will choose.

Following Pope Francis' death in April, people around the world wagered most often on one cardinal to become the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Tradition, reform, or something entirely new? The new pope’s choice of name will speak volumes before he says a word.

With electors from 71 countries, this will be the most geographically diverse conclave to choose a pope.

CSU leader Markus Soeder, CDU leader Friedrich Merz and SPD leader Lars Klingbeil stand with the new ministers after signing ...