The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

The conclave has been the tried and tested method to select the Pope since 1276 and will see 133 cardinal electors enter the ...

The oath of secrecy, as stipulated by the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, took place in the Pauline Chapel ...

The Vatican has a dual mission: to ensure the safety of the cardinals and to safeguard the strict secrecy of the process, ...

Speculation grows over who will be named new Pope while cardinals gather for secret election - Italian Cardinal Pietro ...

Catholic cardinals are set to gather for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

The cardinals will take their oaths in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, before they cast their first ballots. The conclave is ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope Francis' death.

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 ...

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

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators.The support staff for the cardinals who will ...