The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

Cardinals will begin the secret conclave, in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. DiNardo ...

Vatican firefighters fitted the Sistine Chapel chimney in place ahead of the election of Pope Francis’ successor. White smoke ...

Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez of El Salvador cannot vote due to his age, but says that he's hoping for somebody similar to ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

With the papal conclave beginning next week, here's what to know about when it starts and how long it is expected to last.

The voting to elect a new pope, known as the Conclave, has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of ...

After the start of next week's conclave to choose the next pope, the chimney will indicate whether a pope has been elected ...

On the seventh day of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti recalled the extreme sacrifice of Catholics from the Eastern Catholic Churches.