Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor to ...

No pope has been elected on the first day of a conclave for centuries and voting could continue for several days before the ...

Cardinals have handed in their mobile phones and taken oaths of secrecy as they begin the secret Conclave to decide the next ...

As 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a new pope, the church's problems and perplexities remain bigger than the sum of the questions posed in the days since Francis died.

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become the next pope.

Here & Now 's Scott Tong speaks with Catholic historian David Gibson from St. Peter's Square in the Vatican as cardinals begin their conclave to elect the next pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

The conclave to select the new pope will begin on Wednesday behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel after the passing ...

Latin for “all out” — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Wednesday and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries ...

The papal conclave is beginning Wednesday at the Vatican, as 133 cardinal electors undertake the solemn task of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Cardinals have begun the conclave process to elect a successor to Pope Francis, amid protests for women’s rights and ...

The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?