Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu arrives to celebrate Mass at his titular church, San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa ...

While Pope Francis accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his ...

The process of choosing a pope will have little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S.

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

Here are ten surprising and interesting facts about Papal conclaves.The longest conclave lasted almost three yearsThere is no ...

The papal conclave—the election of the next Pope—is set to begin on May 7, and will see 133 cardinals gather to vote.

The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.

Before his death, Pope Francis asked that the vehicle be used to help injured and malnourished children in the war-torn ...

Catholic Church cardinals attended on Sunday the final mourning mass for late Pope Francis, just three days before gathering ...