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

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Now that Pope Francis has been buried, the Conclave of Cardinals will hold their vote for a new Pope, when one is drafted, ...

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

"A patient came in after what was described as a 'head injury.' We realized how bad it was after seeing a plastic grocery bag ...

Red-hatted cardinals are expected to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

The process of picking a new pope is filled with ancient rituals like a secret ballot and locked doors. See a visual guide to conclave.

Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be, on March ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...