Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor to ...

The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

The cardinals have gathered in Vatican City to choose the 267th pope. St Peter, regarded as the first pope, was elected ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, with the 2025 papal conclave about to ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican were closed on Wednesday, signalling the start of a secret conclave where 133 ...

Once the conclave begins, cardinals are not allowed to leave, other than for meals and to sleep at night, until a successor ...

On Wednesday, May 7, over a hundred cardinals from around the world sequestered together to begin the process of choosing a ...

The conclave will last until there has been a two-thirds majority vote for the next pope. Just one vote will be held on May 7 ...