White smoke will soon rise again from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new era of leadership in the Catholic Church — ...

The Conclave to elect the new Pope will take place after the novendiales. Following the massive funeral of Pope Francis, ...

Heavy is the white mitre worn by the pope. Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

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

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

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...