VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

One of the most infamous elections was in 532, following the death of Boniface II, which involved "large-scale bribing of ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

The Vatican's papal conclave to choose a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is governed by procedures and rituals that have evolved over centuries.

What do Filipino Catholics expect of the next pope? That was the question from Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David to the faithful ...

There is a monumental task facing cardinal electors in the coming days choosing the next spiritual leader of the 1.4 billion ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Father Ron Hutchinson recounts the wave of emotions he felt in that moment, realizing the Pope was about to be chosen right in front of his eyes ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will start electing a new pope on Wednesday, sequestering themselves in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ...