The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

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

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Cardinal Daniel DiNardo led the Sioux City diocese as bishop for six years during the early 2000s. The 75-year-old is ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

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

Using smoke to communicate to the public whether a new pope has been elected is somewhat a recent tradition for the Catholic Church. Cardinal electors in the conclave, which originates from a ...

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily in English Friday at the Sistine Chapel, a surreal moment for Father Scott McCue of St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church in Cary.