As the conclave dominates conversation in Rome—from morning espresso speculation to taxi driver frustrations—tourists ...

Cardinals held the Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice Mass (Latin: For the Election of the Roman Pontiff) — the final liturgical celebration before the conclave.

The Vatican is governed by the Holy See, which oversees stipends and allowances given to the leader of the Catholic church ...

Cardinals have handed in their mobile phones and taken oaths of secrecy as they begin the secret Conclave to decide the next ...

"The whole church, united with us in prayer, insistently invokes the grace of the Holy Spirit so that a worthy pastor for the flock of Christ would be elected." ...

Latin for “all out” — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Wednesday and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries ...

The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?

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Inside the Sistine Chapel, each cardinal elector stood before his assigned seat, facing the Book of the Gospels, placed on a ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...