All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...

Cardinals continued to hold congregation meetings in the Vatican on Monday ahead of the conclave later this week to elect a ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

The Catholic Church will begin the secretive process to elect a new pope on Wednesday. The cardinals eligible to vote will ...