After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals ...

Now that Pope Francis has died, the Catholic world will enter nine days of mourning. Senior Catholic officials across the ...

Potential successors to Pope Francis are Ghana’s Peter Turkson, Luis Tagle of the Philippines and Hungary’s Peter Erdo.

Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals from around the world will be gathering in Rome to choose a new pontiff.

Pope Francis died on Monday April 21, 2025. This story was originally published in the Washington Examiner magazine on ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

Here's a look at the process the Catholic church has established and what experts including the Rev. Robin Ryan of the ...

Rev. H.K. Matthews can't speak with that bullhorn baritone he once possessed, but the impact of his legacy speaks louder than ...

THE Pope’s successor will be selected by a Conclave in an ancient and secret process that has remained unchanged for hundreds ...

With the passing of Pope Francis, the College of Cardinals is set to begin the process of electing his successor through a ...

The Vatican has announced that the Pope is dead. A series of arcane rites now occur and then the complex process of naming a ...