Voting will take place in the Sistine Chapel, with ballots continuing in succession until any candidate secures two-thirds of ...

Sixteen days after Francis's death, cardinals from around the world have shut themselves away for as long as it takes to vote ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

Lisette Herrera, a 54-year-old tourist from the Dominican Republic, was deeply moved to find herself by chance in Rome as the ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

Cardinals charged with picking a new pope have taken their oath of secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel before beginning the ...

The College of Cardinals was set to begin its election of the next pope Wednesday in Rome following the death of Pope Francis ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

The 133 cardinals who will elect Pope Francis’ successor have made their way from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel in ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the ...

At 4:30 p.m. local time the cardinals walked solemnly into the frescoed Sistine Chapel, chanting the meditative “Litany of ...