Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

The conclave that begins in Vatican City on Wednesday is the process of electing the next leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

For centuries, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has been chosen through what’s known as a papal conclave. The ...

More than 130 cardinals are entering the largest-ever conclave today to elect the new pope. They will go into the Sistine ...

The Sistine Chapel is ready to host the cardinals who will gather on Wednesday for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88. When the conclave ...

IN just a few hours, the doors of the Sistine Chapel will be shut for the first vote of the papal conclave to elect the ...

Cardinals from across the world will be shut into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for a secretive conclave to elect the next ...

The name of the election procedure derives from the Latin “cum clave” (with a key) and refers to the tradition of locking ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This ...

As 133 cardinals who are eligible to vote prepare to take part in the conclave on Wednesday, wealthy MAGA Catholics have ...

Today, May 7, 2025, the 252 members of the College of Cardinals, 135 who are under 80 and therefore qualify to vote, will enter the Sistine Chapel in Rome, where they will be traditionally corralled ...