The Vatican wanted a complete makeover of the vatican.va website. The catch was it had to be ready to launch with the ...

The name a new pope chooses will "indicate a certain spirit and direction and vision of the new pope," said Dennis Doyle, a theologian and professor emeritus of religious studies at the University ...

Opinion: Who will be the new pope? After Pope Francis' progress, expect a course correction. Due to Francis’ willingness to allow open discussion of controversial issues, LGBTQ-positive Catholic ...

White smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, indicating Catholic cardinals from around the world had elected a new pope. The smoke appeared around 6 p.m. local time, suggesting the ...

Update: White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope.

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to ...

And when Pope Leo XIV walked out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Donohue said he was not expecting for the new pope to be Villanova graduate and his friend Robert Francis Prevost ...

The process by which a new pope is elected has undergone numerous changes in the nearly two millennia that the Catholic Church has existed, with the current procedure a combination of ancient ...

After the Pope dies, the Vatican’s traditional nine days of mourning called the novendiales begin. The election of a new Pope begins between 15 to 20 days after the death. The camerlengo ...

Pope Francis’ death will set in motion the Catholic Church’s elaborate and centuries-old procedure for electing a new pontiff. The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals that will come into ...

The cardinals will gather in St. Peter's Basilica for a mass "invoking the guidance of the Holy Spirit in electing a new pope," according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.