Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

On the eve of the ancient conclave to elect the next pope, more than 100 cardinals met for one last time before entering the Sistine Chapel and taking their oath to secrecy.

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

More than a billion Catholics from around the world await the decision of 133 cardinals who will on Wednesday begin the process of electing the next head of the Catholic church inside Rome’s Sistine ...