Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...

While Francis stacked the ranks with his cardinals, it is not necessarily the case that all of them will want to see the ...

Following tradition, the cardinals will celebrate a “Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff” in St. Peter’s Basilica on ...

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

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

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