The cardinals will have to give up their mobile phones and electronic devices on Tuesday and they will receive their devices ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

Vatican deactivated mobile signals on 7 May ahead of the papal conclave, ensuring absolute secrecy as 133 cardinals gathered ...

The Vatican announced late on Monday that it would cut the phone signal within the tiny city state from 3 pm on Wednesday, ...

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

The Catholic Church will begin the secretive process to elect a new pope on Wednesday. The cardinals eligible to vote will ...

Hype has been building on social media around the Catholic Church's secretive, centuries-old tradition of conclaves to elect ...

Thousands of faithful are expected to gather in the city to await the announcement of the next pope. Read more at ...