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

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, ...

Cardinals begin secret election to choose next Pope in Sistine Chapel - In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni ...

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 ...

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

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret ...

Ccardinals from around the world have sequestered in order to pick a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

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

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope filed into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, before locking themselves away ...

The conclave's first day begins with a special mass, a procession of voting-age cardinals into the Sistine Chapel (which will happen at 10:30 a.m. ET), an oath to keep the upcoming proceedings a ...