The conclave that begins in Vatican City on Wednesday is the process of electing the next leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

The most international conclave and one of the youngest in recent history will elect a new pontiff in less than a month ...

Each day, aside from the first, cardinals can vote four times – twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon. Both of the ...

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

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a ...

With no official campaign nor list of candidates and an election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

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

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 ...

The conclave to elect a new pope begins today, but there is no exact science to predict when the 133 cardinals will reach a decision. Aldean Hendrickson, Director of the Office of the Tribunal for the ...

The conclave begins at the Vatican with mass attended by all voting cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica at 9am BST ...

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

Cardinals from across the world will be shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for a secretive conclave to elect the next ...