The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on ...

During the entire papal conclave, seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney, delighting onlookers. See social ...

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

Should the Catholic Church welcome gay families? Should it welcome women at the altar? As 133 cardinals prepare for the 2025 ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

By the year 1550, ravioli, whole chickens and pies were some of the foods banned from being eaten in a conclave, as they were ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

The Sistine Chapel seagulls are becoming the stars of the 2025 papal conclave. The livestream of the historic event panned to ...

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

A change in popes is a complicated process. Centuries-old rituals are involved in the transition in leadership for both the ...