Conclave begins today. Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have ...

Conclave: Inside the secret election to choose the next Pope - The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has ...

Catholics had become conditioned to believe the conventional wisdom that an American would never be elected pope, writes ...

Five of the more conservative U.S. cardinals were initially skeptical of Robert Prevost, whom they viewed as a more moderate ...

The Grammy winner was spotted at Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican in May 2025. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor Harry Styles is finally opening up about why he was at the Vatican for Pope Leo XIV‘s ...

The death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 has drawn renewed attention to Conclave, which was set within the cloistered world of the Vatican during the election process for a new Pope. According to ...

VATICAN — On May 3, 2025, one week after the funeral of Pope Francis, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed in the white cassock and miter of a pope. The image ...

Harry Styles was spotted attending Pope Leo XIV’s conclave election at the Vatican in May 2025. The Grammy winner seemingly explored other hobbies during his break, which lasted from 2023 to 2026. Now ...

Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, waves to the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his election as pope on May 8, 2025. Credit: (CNS photo/Vatican Media) On May 8—the ...

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