Edward Pentin, a Vatican expert and the author of The Next Pope: The Leading Cardinal Candidates, said: “Five or six years ...

The conclave will start behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, with all cardinals under the ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope began checking into ...

Phone signal will be cut off at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET) on Wednesday, an hour and a half before the cardinals are scheduled to proceed to the Sistine Chapel to begin the papal conclave, Italian ...

Tens of thousands of travellers have descended on the city for the funeral of Pope Francis and the election of a new pontiff.

According to HotNews, few modern popes have kept their baptismal names, with rare exceptions like Marcellus II and Adrian VI.

Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse conclave in history. There is no rule that cardinals vote a certain way ...