The scene opens with a cleric turning up uninvited to a secret meeting of cardinals, declaring his right to join the conclave ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

The Vatican is locking the doors, sealing the windows, and preparing the rooms of Casa Santa Marta, out of which will emerge ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Pope John Paul II had the Domus Sanctae Marthae built primarily to house cardinals in simple comfort during a conclave. Pope ...

The Vatican has announced that the Papal Conclave would begin on Wednesday, May 7. By Margaret Prietto The College of ...

Thousands gather in St. Peter's Square, waiting for the sign that a new pope has been elected. All watch as the dark wisps of ...

With the death of Pope Francis, the world turns its gaze to the Vatican, wherea centuries-old ritual will soon unfold in the Sistine Chapel: the papal conclave. This sacred, solemn gathering of ...

American Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta, where the late Holy ...

The next pope can decide whether to reverse — or make permanent — certain habits and reforms introduced by Francis.

Thousands of people flock to Rome after the death of Pope Francis. He died on 21 (Easter Monday) at the age of 88 at Domus ...