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 ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

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

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

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

The Catholic Church will begin the secretive process to elect a new pope on Wednesday. The cardinals eligible to vote will ...

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