Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will ...

Shrouded in secrecy — that’s perhaps the most fitting description of the conclave that elects the next leader of the global ...

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

The Prophecy of Popes, a Latin-based legend, claims there will not be a 113th Pope, causing conspiracy theorists to believe ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday and following his funeral the focus turned to finding his successor, in what is a clearly drawn out process.

The conclave gets underway on Wednesday during which cardinals from some 70 countries will vote to elect Pope Francis' ...

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...

From the Sistine Chapel to St Peter’s Square, locations in the Vatican where the new pope’s election will play out in the ...

The conclave is the gathering of the College of Cardinals, made up of more than 130 cardinals who are eligible to vote, in the Sistine Chapel.

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.

Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...

The Vatican has announced a date to begin the conclave. The College of Cardinals will begin the secretive voting process of choosing Pope Francis' successor on Wednesday, May 7, according to Vatican ...