The ritual from which the new Pope will emerge is as fascinating as it is unpredictable. The sky of Rome once again becomes a ...

The electors met for mass at St Peter’s Basilica ahead of the conclave in the Sistine Chapel from Wednesday afternoon.

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

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered this homily at the "Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the ...

Today, the voting begins in the Sistine Chapel to decide the successor of Francis and the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, the group will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact ...

No clear frontrunner has emerged from among the prelates who represent a range of progressive and conservative traditions ...

Cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday morning for the last major Mass before the election of ...