Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that ...

Papal Conclave 2025 begins May 7 as 133 cardinals gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope after Pope Francis's ...

For black smoke, the Vatican uses a mixture of potassium perchlorate, anthracene, and sulphur. The white smoke used to signal ...

Some cardinals are looking for a new pope who will continue with Pope Francis' push for a more welcoming Church, while others ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

A teenage girl who went missing more than a week ago has been found safe more than 800 miles away. According to information ...

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

With the death of Pope Francis, the position of the Bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church stands empty.

The conclave has been the tried and tested method to select the Pope since 1276 and will see 133 cardinal electors enter the ...

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

As the conclave draws near, I am becoming more nervous and apprehensive about what is ahead of us. But all I am asked to do ...

The oath of secrecy, as stipulated by the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, took place in the Pauline Chapel ...