The Vatican released new images showing the inside of the Sistine Chapel, ready for 133 cardinal electors to gather for the ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This ...

The process to choose a new pope will begin Wednesday in the Vatican.The papal conclave is the gathering of voting-eligible ...

Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, 79, is one of three British cardinals who will be involved in electing the next Pope once the ...

Once upon a time, we used to force cardinals into a crumbling old building, without toilets, walls or even much food — all the better to speed things along.

It’s really cool because when I was, I think I was like 5 when Pope Francis was elected so I don’t really remember it, so ...

There has been a growing coalescence around the idea that Pope Francis's work to radically shake up the workings of the ...

When a new pope is selected, the Vatican will release white smoke into the air. Wooward says it was a tragedy to lose Pope Francis, and the Catholic Diocese of Jackson is praying a new pope is chosen ...

How is a new Pope chosen? How long could the conclave last? In a special edition of the Global News Podcast, the BBC’s Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool answers listener questions on the conclave at the ...

Three British cardinals are involved in the secret meeting to choose a new pontiff. One of the UK’s most senior Catholic ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.