At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Though associated closely with Francis’ pontificate, Parolin is much more demure in personality and diplomatic in his ...

Caffè Centrale, on the main drag of the Veneto hometown of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a papal favorite, filled up with locals ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

In the balloting to choose the next pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the ...

Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

As the papal conclave nears, people in Italy turn to an online game for some possible outcomes. The goal is to exchange glory ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

One such recent occasion was when the late Pope suggested last year that Israel's military campaign in Gaza might amount to ...