Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church has chosen a date to elect its new leader, in a process virtually ...

At almost 8pm on the nose on Wednesday, clouds of black smoke appeared over the Vatican. That meant that the first ballot in ...

The Catholic Church is not dying from persecution. It is dying from confusion. Under Pope Francis, ambiguity became policy.

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

The election of a new pope starts today, with cardinals from around the world set to begin the process of voting. Many people ...

A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist ...

Cardinals arrive in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a mass on the seventh of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, at ...

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

Despite being the “princes” of the church, the cardinals are not exempt from excommunication if they violate the rules of the ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...