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

Workers and clerics assisting the dozens of Catholic cardinals set to gather Wednesday to begin voting on the next pope had ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of ...

Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?

Catholic cardinals will enter a sealed conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church's 1.4 billion members holding ...

Cardinal Baltazar Porras Cardozo of Merida, Venezuela, arrives to attend a general congregation meeting of the College of ...

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...