CITÉ DU VATICAN, Holy See (AFP) — Besides its masterpieces by Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel is undergoing a makeover, ...

The preparations are all leading up to the solemn pageantry of the start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...

Inside the Sistine Chapel, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo reflects on unity and leadership as cardinals prepare to elect a new Pope.

Cardinals enter the Vatican’s sealed conclave to elect the next pope in a centuries-old ritual shrouded in secrecy.

Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore will be ...

On May 7, the world will look on as the conclave to elect a new pope begins. This highly complex and secretive process will ...

The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Robert Harris praises the secret process of electing Pope Francis's success, saying political parties could learn from it.

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...