As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...

With conclave set for May 7, Church scholars say successor to Francis must balance legacy, heal rifts between reformists and ...

The only certainty surrounding the election of the new pope is that he will be a man, and that's a tradition unlikely to ...

The cardinals of the Catholic Church have descended on the Vatican to begin the process in just days of electing a new pope.

VATICAN CITY] All 133 Catholic cardinals who will vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday (May 5 ...

The eyes of 1.4 billion Catholics are fixed on the Vatican City today as 132 cardinals started arriving in Rome as they ...

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...