The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

When the conclave's cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo's frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

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

By Crispian Balmer, Joshua McElwee and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task ...

Catholic cardinals from all around the the world will be locked in the Vatican today to decide on the successor to Pope ...

The papal conclave begins May 7. Here's how cardinals choose the next pope, what to expect and how secretive the process is.

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

WITH the conclave set to gather to choose the next pope, all eyes turn to the Vatican. Cardinals from across the world have ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

As the world waits for the secret conclave to elect late Pope Francis’ successor, Ralph Fiennes-led political thriller ...