The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

Heavy is the white mitre worn by the pope. Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the ...

Cardinals arriving for the first day of meetings after Pope Francis’ funeral were swarmed at the city-state’s gates by journalists eager for hints of whether any consensus is building around the ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Crucial meetings will be held this week in which contenders begin jockeying in earnest for the job of leading the Roman ...

It's a centuries-old tradition that takes place in the Sistine Chapel — the famous hall decorated with the art of ...