The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather at the Vatican’s ...

(photo: Jolanta Wojcicka / Shutterstock ... XVII (“the 17th”), for instance, because the last pope of that name, Gregory XVI (1831-1846), famously condemned “liberty of conscience ...

White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. AP Photo/Andrew ... Pope Benedict XVI amended these ...

(Photo by Simone ... His successor, Pope Gregory X, was elected in 1271. Pope Francis, however, was elected in 2013 on the fifth ballot, while his predecessor, Benedict XVI, ascended after four ...

This combination of photos ... to Pope Francis. Of the U.S. cardinals eligible to vote, three have ties to the St. Louis area: Timothy Dolan of New York, who grew up in Ballwin; Wilton Gregory ...

Cardinals attend a Mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for the late Pope ... XVI (German in 2005) and Francis (Argentine in 2013). Alexander VI, elected in 1492, was Spanish; Gregory ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

Before shepherding his diocese, Bishop Martin had previously spent a successful dozen years as the Catholic chaplain at North ...