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

Vatican deactivated mobile signals on 7 May ahead of the papal conclave, ensuring absolute secrecy as 133 cardinals gathered ...

NCR analyzed the biographies, background, articles, speeches, homilies and media interviews of members of the College of ...

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

Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. Understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their ...

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

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

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 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 ...

An expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope ...