Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope began checking into two Vatican hotels.

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Many of the cardinals said that the jury is still out as they are still getting to know one another and where each of them ...

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Cardinals are preparing for the start of the Conclave tomorrow where they will decide who will be the next Pope. Vatican ...

Cardinals have wrapped up their pre-conclave meetings in the Vatican, trying to identify a possible new pontiff to follow ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

The 2024 movie is proving a useful primer for clerics about to take part in the real thing to choose the next pope.

The cardinals will begin trying to find the new pope on Wednesday afternoon, when the Conclave opens, more than two weeks ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

A rare adjustment has expanded the number of voting cardinals to 135, amplifying African representation in the selection of the next pope.

The countdown is on to the start of the Papal Conclave. This week, some 133 Cardinals are convening in secret in Vatican City ...