Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

While the film gets some details right, it takes liberties with the process, including the cardinals’ interactions and ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Black smoke – fumata nera in Italian – indicates an inconclusive vote, while white smoke – fumata bianca – will signify that ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...