Becciu rose to prominence and power under conservative Pope Benedict XVI and is very much affiliated with the conservative ...

Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

The Vatican has confirmed when the conclave to elect the next pope will commence. A total of 135 cardinals are eligible to ...

After a week of global mourning for Pope Francis, who died on Monday at age 88, the pope's funeral will be celebrated on ...

The dispute over his eligibility to vote threatened to undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the conclave.

Visitors have been barred from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave of cardinals will vote to elect the next pope.

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