The Bates group has spent their days visiting archaeological sites around Rome, but they’ve also joined the crowds in St. Peter’s Square to witness parts of the conclave process.

ROME – Witnessing history at the 2025 papal conclave in Rome was a dream come true. As a journalist passionate about culture and faith, I felt blessed to cover this extraordinary event – an ...

The conclave starting Wednesday is the most diverse in history, with cardinals coming from all over the world to elect the next pope. The majority of the cardinals are coming from Europe ...

Cardinals attend a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

I remembered watching the conclave of Pope Benedict XVI on television as a child, and it was almost impossible to reconcile the fact that 20 years later, I was in Rome, in this piazza, watching ...

As dozens of cardinals arrived for their pre-conclave meetings on Friday, it was probably not lost on them that the next pope was among them. So, who will lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics?

One of the priests in Rome for the conclave is the brother of the actor who played famed “Sopranos” mobster Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri, according to a report.

A new pope could be elected as soon as the first ballot on Wednesday, or the process could continue for days. Since 1831, no conclave has lasted more than four days. Up to four rounds of voting ...

Finally, at the end of ABC’s broadcast, around 9 p.m. Rome time, the cameras were turned off. Then, in that quiet moment sitting at a table in front of the television anchors, I wept.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first U.S. pope, selected by 133 cardinals worldwide on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome. The new pontiff will go by the name Leo XIV.

The 133 voting cardinals have taken the oath of secrecy prior to the official start of the papal conclave, meaning they will be without modern technology for the days-long voting process to elect ...