So that means some foods were banned or carefully inspected at previous conclaves, including whole roast chicken, stuffed ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

A conclave will go on for as long as needed. The longest was almost three years from 1268 to 1271. Some have been a day. The ...

In Rome, the conclave is the talk of the town: from speculation over a morning espresso about who will be the next pope to ...

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to begin the second day of the secretive process to elect the next leader of ...

No pope was elected in the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, as black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel at ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Rome welcomed all the cardinal electors entitled to participate in the upcoming conclave. Among them, a drawing took place, ...

The conclave that begins May 7 is expected to be the largest in history, with a wide geographical mix of ...

With less than 48 hours until the beginning of the conclave, the cardinals who will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect a new ...

New Zealand Catholics hope the next Pope will continue Francis’ legacy of bringing the global Church together and caring for the marginalised – but opinions vary on what the new pontiff’s priorities ...