There are currently 135 cardinals who are under age 80 and eligible to vote in the conclave, hailing from 71 different ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

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

The eyes of 1.4 billion Catholics are fixed on the Vatican City today as 132 cardinals started arriving in Rome as they ...

The conclave to elect Pope Francis successor is set to begin on May 7. This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 53 cardinals from Europe, 23 from Asia, 37 from ...

The Vatican has announced that military jammers will block electronic communication around the Sistine Chapel during the ...

ROME (AP) — Rome is bustling with jasmine blooming and tourists swarming. But behind closed doors, these are the days of ...

The conclave ends when a new pope is elected by receiving two-thirds of the votes. Here's how much time that could take.

"The signal will be restored after the announcement of the election of the supreme pontiff," it said in a statement.

The Vatican News reported that the officials and staff involved in the Conclave took the 'Oath of Secrecy' on Monday in the ...

The image is raising eyebrows on social media, at the Vatican, from a group representing Catholic bishops in New York and from Italians.

The preparations are all leading up to the solemn pageantry of the start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88.