Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope Francis' death.

Catholic cardinals are set to gather for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope began checking into two Vatican hotels.

All mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators.The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

In preparation for the conclave to elect a new pope, workers build platforms over a protective covering on the marble floor ...

Officials and staff involved in the upcoming Conclave have taken the oath of secrecy ahead of the election of a new Pope. The ...

In its 800-year history, a conclave has never been this diverse. How will this changing face of Catholicism impact the result ...