Today, the voting begins in the Sistine Chapel to decide the successor of Francis and the next leader of the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

The College of Cardinals held its 12th general congregation on Tuesday, where Pope Francis’ ring fisherman’s ring was officially destroyed.

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, ...

The voting process to elect the pope has its own dynamics, and understanding how it has worked over the past century provides ...

Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, a group of cardinals will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no ...

Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, the group will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact ...