Once inside, they will pledge to maintain secrecy about what's about to transpire and to not allow any interference from ...

The cardinals at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City vow to follow the rules of the conclave, the process by which the next ...

The cardinals responsible for choosing the future pope held one final mass in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Wednesday ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

On Wednesday afternoon, red-hatted clerics who carry the same weight and dignity as princes within the Catholic Church ...

Many of the cardinals participating were appointed by Pope Francis and have never experienced a conclave for themselves.

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

Soon after ballots are distributed, the Cardinals will move on to the first vote and those with more than 20 votes will be ...

The conclave to pick a new pope has officially begun. On Wednesday, May 7, over a hundred cardinals from around the world ...

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

Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.

Wearing bright red vestments, the cardinals processed down the central aisle of the basilica as the Sistine Chapel’s boys’ ...