Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Since the last conclave in 2013, when Pope Francis was elected, technology and mobile ...

The Vatican is governed by the Holy See, which oversees stipends and allowances given to the leader of the Catholic church ...

As the Vatican prepares for the secret meeting of cardinals who will pick a successor to Pope Francis, forget - to some extent - what you may have learned from "Conclave", last year's hit movie ...

The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Once the conclave begins, cardinals are not allowed to leave, other than for meals and to sleep at night, until a successor ...

There will be only one ballot on Wednesday. Thereafter, the cardinals can vote as many as four times a day. Black smoke from ...