It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...

In centuries past, the cardinals slept in corridors and rooms of the Apostolic Palace itself during the conclave ...

Video. Following the death of Pope Francis, Vatican officials sealed his residences at Casa Santa Marta and the Apostolic ...

Apostolic Palace sealed after Pope Francis' death Following the death of Pope Francis, Vatican officials sealed his ...

New video depicts the sealing of the papal apartments after the death of Pope Francis. The scene is all too familiar with the ...

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

After the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican carried out a centuries-old tradition by sealing his residences as part of the ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

Here are some of the key words and phrases that will be used throughout the interregnum, especially the conclave to elect the ...

From the rudimentary camera phones that snapped blurry photos of John Paul II's body, to AI images of Pope Francis, even the ...

A detail from a 1605 conclave engraving showing food being brought to the Vatican apostolic palace, and checked before distribution. Beneath the image is the numbered list of the 66 cardinal ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...