The Vatican says the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on May 7. The date was chief on the agenda of ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

The conclave to elect the new pope will kick off next week as the Roman Catholic Church enters its first whole week without a ...

The conclave will take place in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, a popular tourist spot that will remain closed to visitors ...

At 76, Cardinal Angelo Becciu is under the age limit of 80 and technically eligible to vote, but the Vatican’s official ...

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

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

The conclave, held to select a new pope, will begin in nine days. The College of Cardinals — the cardinals within the ...

VATICAN CITY (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The Vatican announces that a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on ...

North Korea acknowledged for the first time Monday that it had provided troop reinforcements to aid Russia in its war on ...