Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries will begin electing a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

The last official day of mourning for Pope Francis wrapped up in the Vatican Sunday, and a papal conclave will begin on ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

It’s been almost a half a century since questions could be shut down with the verity: “Is the Pope Italian?” In that time, ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

Nestled in the heart of the Italian capital whose hills bear silent witness to the most decadent customs throughout the ages, ...

Just days before the Vatican convenes to elect a new pope, US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by seemingly ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

What does it take to become a pope? The Holy See shared the minimum qualifications for a pope on its official LinkedIn account after it received "several messages of interest in the Sede Vacante." The ...