Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for ...

The next leader of the Catholic Church is unlikely to be either a progressive reformer or a hardline conservative.

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as the 2025 papal conclave begins.

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Cardinals attend a mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff, prior to the start of the conclave, at St Peter's Basilica in ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Whoever is picked will become one of the world's most powerful figures, considered to be the successor of St Peter, the first ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the ...

With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

Catholics across the world — along with religious scholars and global leaders — are watching the Vatican, as cardinals gather ...

Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...