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

In our news wrap Monday, a massive power outage in Spain and Portugal brought daily life for millions to a complete ...

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 ...

Following the death of Pope Francis last week, the Vatican announced the indefinite closure of its famed Vatican Museums as ...

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

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

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

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

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

As the Vatican switches gears from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of a once-powerful ...