The earliest conclaves in the 1400s pre-date the founding of the Swiss Guards but since being established in 1506 they have ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Cardinals from around the world have descended on Rome for the secretive conclave to decide the next pope.Italian Cardinal ...

The College of Cardinals will meet beginning Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two ...

While the next pope is almost certainly well-known already in Vatican City, the rest of the world should prepare to be ...

Of all the ceremonies associated with electing a new pope, the one most familiar to the general public is the smoke that emanates from a stovepipe chi ...

This, then — love it or leave it — is what popes are for, according to the Catechism: keeping the bishops in step, keeping ...

Roman Catholic cardinals attended a public mass in St. Peter's Basilica just a few hours before the start of the conclave to ...

Before the closed-door conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, Catholic cardinals have gathered in the Vatican for a final ...