Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops started selling this week special stamps marking the period between Pope ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

“Rome will once again offer a spectacular finale for the Giro d’Italia, crossing iconic landmarks known worldwide,” Mauro ...

The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

Heavy is the white mitre worn by the pope. Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...