Much secrecy surrounds this conclave and its historic vote, which usually happens in the days after a pope dies. But this year ... pope simply by watching the smoke that comes from the Vatican's ...

Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for fewer than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first ...

Benedict XVI, the 265th pope of the Catholic Church, died Saturday at the age of 95. He was the longest-serving Supreme Pontiff in history, having surpassed Leo XIII (1810-1903). The pope emeritus ...