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

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

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 ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

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

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

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

Cardinal electors are meeting in the Sistine Chapel to vote on a new Pope until they have a two-thirds majority. NBC News ...

Per Catholic doctrine, only baptized, Catholic males are allowed to be priests, who can then go on to be cardinals. Only male cardinals under the age of 80 can vote in a conclave, and only men are ...

Among the roughly 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, many are keenly anticipating the upcoming Vatican conclave at which ...

All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

History is in the process of being made at the Vatican, where 133 cardinals are taking part in selecting the next pope to ...