The goal of a Vatican conclave is to choose a new pope. That’s what happened in May when Robert Prevost was chosen to become ...

Cardinals make their way from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect the next pope. Once the procession ends, the 133 cardinals will take an oath as a group to ...

As dozens of cardinals arrived for their pre-conclave meetings on Friday, it was probably not lost on them that the next pope was among them. So, who will lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics?

Michigan native Joseph Tobin will help select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave that began May 7.

Cardinals make their way from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect the next pope. Once the procession ends, the 133 cardinals will take an oath as a group to ...

Join us as Scripps News correspondent Joe St. George provides an update on the leading contenders in the papal conclave. With a new pope potentially being elected today, find out who the ...

The conclave to choose the next pope will be the most geographically diverse in history There are 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 countries ...

Millions may feel involved in the conclave, but only 115 will vote. March 10, 2013— -- When white smoke billows out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney, the centuries-old signal that a new pope ...