Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where ...

Vatican cuts phone signal ahead of secret Sistine Chapel vote to elect new pope - In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Centuries-old rituals are involved in the transition in leadership for both the ...

This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. What's it like inside and how is it outfitted for this particular gathering?

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old ...

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

The highly-secretive process to elect the next pope is underway in Vatican City Wednesday. The conclave began with Holy Mass inside the Vatican, and a procession of Cardinals through St. Peter's ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel to vote in secret on who will be the successor to Pope Francis. There will only be one round of voting on Wednesday.

For the first time since 2013, a papal conclave will meet in Vatican City behind closed doors to select the next pope to replace Francis, who died last month.