More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope ...

The conclave to elect the next pope is now underway at the Vatican. The cardinals — the prelates who are just below the pope ...

Pope Prevost moves swiftly. One eye is on the progressives who elected him, and the other on the traditionalists with whom he ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

On May 7, the cardinal electors—those under the age of 80—will enter the conclave to choose the next pope. Since 1878, every ...

An ancient ritual steeped in tradition and shrouded in secrecy is underway in the Sistine Chapel. So what can we expect?

A church near the Trevi Fountain is home to the hearts of over 20 popes stored in marble urns. The practice has fallen out of favor. Daily prayer services and masses are to be be held at St. Peter ...

Black smoke has emerged from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new pope has not been elected.

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

One man brought an urn. And as the rising sun ... then pour, onto the marble steps. The faithful and the curious, the young and the old, gathered in the predawn darkness for a D.C. Easter Sunday ...