The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

The process of choosing a new Pope is shrouded in secrecy, as the cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel until a new ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

The 133 cardinal electors took an oath of secrecy before being locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel for ...

All 133 cardinal electors are now in the Sistine Chapel. It is within these walls that they will choose the successor to Pope ...

The proceedings will take place in absolute secrecy, with the prelates largely sequestered from the outside world for as long ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to ...

The cardinal electors on Wednesday entered the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave for the election of the 267th Pope then ...

At approximately 5:45 pm on Wednesday, master of ceremonies Diego Ravelli shut the heavy doors of the famous chapel in the Vatican after calling out in a solemn voice the Latin phrase 'Extra Omnes,' ...

The centuries-old ritual, which is expected to last several days, comes just over a fortnight after the death of Pope Francis ...

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's rang out on Thursday, signalling that cardinals have ...

In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightened to choose ...