The 133 cardinals will remain within the Sistine Chapel and its adjoining buildings in total seclusion until they choose from among themselves the next pope.

Tourists from the Scranton/Wilkes Barre region took a photo in St. Peter’s Square, Rome, Wednesday, before the crowds poured ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

“We need to welcome and accompany,” said Sue DeFerrari, executive director of MorningStar Renewal Center, a Catholic spiritual center in Miami. “That’s my hope, for the future, that we would not be a ...

After the cardinals take their oaths, a senior cardinal delivers a meditation. The master of papal liturgical ceremonies, ...

Cardinals have handed in their mobile phones and taken oaths of secrecy as they begin the secret conclave to decide the next ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

From his new name to the title he uses to introduce himself, a pope’s first appearance involves symbolic choices that signal ...

Conclave begins today to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Here’s what time to watch for black or white smoke, how the process ...

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the ...