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

Cardinals will begin moving into the Vatican accommodation where they will stay during the conclave, on the eve of their ...

Speculation grows over who will be named new Pope while cardinals gather for secret election - Italian Cardinal Pietro ...

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

Odds are on a short conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, with 267th pope likely to be picked by Thursday or Friday ...

An appeal to pray for other cardinals as the secret voting process to elect a new pope begins, was made, by one of the most ...

The ring and seal are destroyed or nulled after a pope’s death to prevent their future misuse to seal official documents.

Pope from 1154 to 1159, Adrian IV is never to be forgotten in Ireland, as it was his 1155 Papal Bull, or decree, Laudabiliter ...

Ahead of the conclave to elect the next Pope, cardinals take centre stage. Called the Princes of the Church, they are at the ...

On Wednesday, 7th May, the conclave will commence in the Sistine Chapel - the third in the 21st century. All cardinals who ...

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

The reforms of the Francis era, which included a diverse group of cardinals, make it almost impossible to designate his successor, according to experts. Cardinals from around the w ...