Tens of thousands of travellers have descended on the city for the funeral of Pope Francis and the election of a new pontiff.

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

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...

Starting tomorrow at the Vatican, 133 cardinals will take part in a centuries-old secret ritual to choose Pope Francis’ ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Cardinals will gather on May 7 in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Here is a brief glossary of ...

More than 400 students at Saint Joseph Catholic School in Fayetteville are taking part in a mock conclave, with voting having ...

As the world waits for the papal conclave to get underway, Scott Detrow speaks with Robert Harris, the author who dramatized the process in the book Conclave.