Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

The Bates group has spent their days visiting archaeological sites around Rome, but they’ve also joined the crowds in St.

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

One hundred thirty three cardinals will gather again on Thursday under the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, which are ...

In a historic moment for Singapore and the Catholic Church, Cardinal William Goh, 67, has entered the Sistine Chapel as one ...

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The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

The Vatican conclave will continue with as many as four more rounds of voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is ...

The Women's Ordination Conference has been a long-time advocate for female priesthood, and this protest was a significant ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope ...

The papal conclave is the secret electoral process to elect a new pope. What are the traditions, and what is different this ...

Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.