Odds are on a short conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, with 267th pope likely to be picked by Thursday or Friday ...

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

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

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

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

Cardinals will on Tuesday (May 5) begin moving into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on ...

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...

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

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

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

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

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