Archaeologists uncovered walls that date back to between the 9th and 13th century, be part of the Patriarchate. The discovery ...

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

Inside the secretive meeting, cardinals will use an array of objects, many steeped in tradition, as they elect the next pope.

It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope were a call for peace, echoing the legacy of his predecessors. Here's a look at their ...

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

The oath of secrecy, as stipulated by the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, took place in the Pauline Chapel ...

The term conclave comes from the Latin term “con clavis”, meaning “with a key”, a reference to the tradition of locking the ...

Today, the College of Cardinals will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel’s Apostolic Palace until white smoke billows above ...

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 ...