The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, a group of cardinals will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This ...

Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

VATICAN— The conclave that will elect the next pope is steeped in rules developed over the course of centuries. Given the ...

Secret and rigorous voting ritual to elect a new pope set to begin - While cardinals this week said they expected a short ...

The senior cardinal of the conclave will first appear on the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square, and will announce ...

More than 130 cardinals are entering the largest-ever conclave today to elect the new pope. They will go into the Sistine ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a conclave starting Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.

As 133 cardinals who are eligible to vote prepare to take part in the conclave on Wednesday, wealthy MAGA Catholics have ...