In the jasmine-scented, tourist-thronged streets of Rome, a quiet drama unfolds behind closed doors. Cardinals, gathered to ...

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols provides an insider’s view of what’s going on in these days before the conclave to elect a ...

On the seventh day of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti recalled the extreme sacrifice of Catholics from the Eastern Catholic Churches.

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests is raising concerns about several cardinals who are being discussed as ...

Cardinals will begin the secret conclave, in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. DiNardo ...