The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are locked inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope ...

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

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...

The first papal conclave in 12 years begins on Wednesday at the Vatican after a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. At 4:30 ...

Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

In a ritual dating back to medieval times, the cardinals will file into the Vatican's frescoed Sistine Chapel and start their ...

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

Cardinals will take part in a Mass at St Peter's Basilica this morning and will later walk to the Sistine Chapel to cast ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...