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

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

The Vatican has announced that the Papal Conclave to elect the next Pope will begin on May 7. The date was decided during a ...

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

The cardinals -- at least, those under 80 years old -- vote for as long as it takes to elect Pope Francis' successor.

It's time for papal predictions, but prediction markets and AI models aren't landing on the same name. Who's accurately ...

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

Pope Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a period of transition for the Catholic Church, with cardinals gathering at the ...

At least 15 days after the death of the pope and not more than 20, the cardinals meet in the morning to celebrate the ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...