A conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced Monday. VATICAN CITY ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the former bishop of San Diego, is part of a highly secretive conclave that will select the new pope ...

What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

The over-80 cardinals can be part of the preconclave meetings called general congregations. Those are daily meetings in which ...

According to the Holy See, over 100 cardinal electors participated and renewed their oath of secrecy prescribed by the ...

The best time to be in St. Peter's Square to see the smoke is just after 7 p.m. the first day of the conclave, May 7; and on ...

On Friday, the day before the pope’s funeral, flight searches on Expedia for Rome for the dates of May 5-14 were up more than ...

For decades, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was covered up by the Church. - 'Our shame' - When Francis took ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new pope ...

Cardinals under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, ...