The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

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

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

Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

When the pope dies, cardinals become celebrities and Vatican City becomes a zoo as paparazzi stalk the corridors of St. Peter ...

Out of the 133 cardinals eligible for election, only 18 are considered frontrunners to become the 267th Pope of the Catholic ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

The secret ballot for a successor hasn’t begun. But among church leaders, talk about who will next lead the 2,000-year-old ...

In preparation for the conclave to elect a new pope, workers build platforms over a protective covering on the marble floor ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...