Becciu rose to prominence and power under conservative Pope Benedict XVI and is very much affiliated with the conservative ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 10 candidates coming from the U.S.

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

The cardinals have assembled to begin voting on who the next pope will be, and many want to know where they sleep when they ...

The dispute over his eligibility to vote threatened to undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the conclave.

Visitors have been barred from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave of cardinals will vote to elect the next pope.

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

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...