The new pope will be the successor to Francis I, who died on April 21 at age 88 after a 12-year papacy. Here's everything you ...

The last official day of mourning for Pope Francis wrapped up in the Vatican Sunday, and a papal conclave will begin on ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

On May 7, an expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope Francis, who shied away from giving red hats to the traditional ...

Cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope, as betting markets buzz with shifting odds on potential papal ...

Robert Harris praises the secret process of electing Pope Francis's success, saying political parties could learn from it.

In the pre-conclave process, cardinals – played by the likes of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow in the film – ...

Workers enter the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on May 2 to install a stove and chimney to be used for the election of a new pope. The ballots will be burned inside the stove, the smoke signaling ...

Vice President JD Vance has been dispatched all over the world in the opening months of Trump's administration and often ...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines'has issued a rare statement on clerical sexual abuse, defending Cardinal ...

Of the 133 cardinals with the right to vote in this conclave, 108 were created by Pope Francis and therefore will be ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...