Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be an official period of mourning, pointing to steps taken in Spain, Cuba and ...

Cardinals from around the world have sequestered in order to pick a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Cardinals from 70 countries have gathered at the Vatican to elect a new Pope in the most diverse conclave in history.

We’re so close to Friday I can almost taste it! In today’s issue: Cardinals elect new pope Trump announces U.K. trade deal ...

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican in Rome failed to choose a new pope on their second day of voting.

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

Cardinals chose a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Thursday, sending up white smoke from the Sistine ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...