All eyes will be on a small chimney on the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel today as the Catholic Church’s most senior leaders meet ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

The Papal Conclave becomes a magnet for tourists to visit the Vatican, even though the process of electing a new Pope to ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the papal conclave, an event marked by history, secrecy, and sacred tradition.

Roman Catholic cardinals will start electing a new pope on Wednesday, sequestering themselves in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinals from across the world will be shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for a secretive conclave to elect the next ...

The Sistine Chapel was prepared for a papal election as cardinals arrived at the Vatican to choose Pope Francis's successor.

There is a monumental task facing cardinal electors in the coming days choosing the next spiritual leader of the 1.4 billion ...

As the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis begins, cardinals will be voting multiple times per day until a ...

Cardinal-electors, below 80 years old, three Filipinos included, will be locked up in the Sistine Chapel to deliberate, ...