Tens of thousands of travellers have descended on the city for the funeral of Pope Francis and the election of a new pontiff.

(LONDON) -- All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope. The 12th and last general congregation is taking place ...

Phone signal will be cut off at 3 p.m. local time (9 a.m. ET) on Wednesday, an hour and a half before the cardinals are scheduled to proceed to the Sistine Chapel to begin the papal conclave, Italian ...

Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new Catholic pope began checking into two Vatican hotels on ...

Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse conclave in history. There is no rule that cardinals vote a certain way ...

The head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has expressed readiness to attend the papal conclave ...

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

The soft-spoken, longtime Vatican diplomat could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's secretary of state ...

The College of Cardinals held its 11th general congregation at 5 p.m. Rome time on Monday in preparation for the May 7 conclave.

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...