Pope Leo XIV has reinstated the “conclave bonus” given to Vatican employees for their service during the sede vacante period.

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

The next vote by the 133 cardinals gathered in a conclave in Vatican City is expected to take place around 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. Eastern), and the second around noon. If neither vote is ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns around the world, and they dedicate their lives to a variety of religious ...

The cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the conclave to elect a new pope — but no winner emerged Wednesday night as black smoke billowed up from the Sistine Chapel ...

Paulist priest and best-selling author Dave Dwyer was in Vatican City for the last conclave. He told NBC News yesterday about the anticipation that leads up to the first ballot, the ringing of ...

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Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here are some ...

VATICAN CITY -- The conclave to elect the 267th pope and successor to Pope Francis is now underway. In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of ...

CARDINALS from around the world convened in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome as the Roman Catholic Church begins the secretive conclave to elect a new p ...

Bartholomew The Rev. Michael Duffy arrived at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City three hours before the start of a 10 a.m. Mass on Wednesday that kicked off the conclave that will elect the ...