The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the ...

The College of Cardinals that will elect a new pope includes members from far-flung corners of the globe whom Francis named ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

The 135 cardinals eligible to elect the next pope will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave May 7, the Vatican ...

The Vatican has confirmed when the conclave to elect the next pope will commence. A total of 135 cardinals are eligible to ...

For decades, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was covered up by the Church. But cardinals on Monday listed it ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church on 7 May, the Vatican ...

MoorhouseRome (CNN) — Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday, a week after the death ...

The conclave will take place in the nearby Sistine Chapel, a popular tourist spot that was closed to the public Monday and ...

Cardinals will meet next month in a secret conclave to elect the next pope, the Vatican has said. The closed-door meeting ...