Catholic cardinals are locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel, sequestered from the world to elect the man ...

More than 130 cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will start their conclave to elect the next pope on Wednesday in the ...

Cardinals from around the world have entered the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the private process of ...

Cardinals will take part in a mass at St Peter's Basilica this morning and will later walk to the Sistine Chapel to cast ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

From changing clothes in the Room of Tears to taking a moment for private prayer, the process of becoming pope involves ...

Anyone — from priests, cooks, cleaners, drivers, guards and tradesmen — who leaks what they may see or hear at the conclave meeting faces automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church. The ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

As the conclave dominates conversation in Rome—from morning espresso speculation to taxi driver frustrations—tourists ...

C atholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said in a post to X on Wednesday that he and the other North American cardinals will bring the "in ...

No one knows how long it will take to elect the next Pope, but it's predicted to be at least a two or three-day wait.