On this week's "Mormon Land" podcast, a Latter-day Saint historian and a Catholic archivist discuss how the two religions pick their top leaders.

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

In what seems to be surprising confidence and agreement, the College of Cardinals came to quick agreement on the second day ...

The conclave to elect the 267th pope ended after the second day of voting on Thursday, marking one of the shortest conclaves ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

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

This holy smoke is a visual and olfactory signal of the congregation’s offerings of supplication and praise rising up to God. Once the conclave begins, the only form of communication between the ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

And the new pope is making history in a new way. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first pope from the U.S., and he will be called Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago man is the 267th pope, and he was ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.