Cardinals have handed in their mobile phones and taken oaths of secrecy as they begin the secret Conclave to decide the next ...

Lisette Herrera, a 54-year-old tourist from the Dominican Republic, was deeply moved to find herself by chance in Rome as the ...

The bets are on, as the cardinals from around the world arrived in Rome Wednesday for the centuries-old papal conclave ...

Sistine Chapel and begin the conclave with a singular goal: to elect "a worthy pastor" for the universal church.

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

From there, Parolin, as the most senior cardinal bishop, led the procession to the Sistine Chapel. An appeal to the Christian ...

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

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

A new pope could be named within a matter of hours, after 133 Catholic cardinals gathered inside the Vatican to elect the ...