Cardinals arriving for the first day of meetings after Pope Francis' funeral were swarmed at the city-state's gates by ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

VATICAN CITY - Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest on Saturday as world leaders and hundreds of thousands of mourners descended upon the Vatican ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions.

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

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.

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

VATICAN CITY (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The Vatican announces that a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.