The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

In the wake of Pope Francis' death, viewership has spiked for "Conclave," about the choosing of a new pope. Two experts tell ...

Cardinals are already meeting ahead of the formal conclave, where they will confront major issues facing the Catholic Church ...

The cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis, the first pope from Latin America, the first Jesuit, ...

After Pope Francis' death, a conclave will be organized in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic faith. See a ...