The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Red-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. No date has ...

The process of picking a new pope is filled with ancient rituals like a secret ballot and locked doors. See a visual guide to conclave.

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a private burial at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major on Saturday after a funeral Mass and ...

It's a centuries-old tradition that takes place in the Sistine Chapel — the famous hall decorated with the art of ...

Late Church leader appointed cardinals from broad range of backgrounds, many of whom are unknown to each other; unclear if ...