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

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

Pope Francis appointed women to key Vatican posts. Will his successor consider women as deacons and priests next?

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

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

Gibson, of Fordham, said another factor that might throw off the traditional resistance to an American pope is the election ...

To ensure full privacy during the conclave, special signal jammers will also be used around the Sistine Chapel. These will ...

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

Ahead of the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, all mobile phone signals will be deactivated in the Vatican on ...