Cardinals from around the world have descended on Rome for the secretive conclave to decide the next pope.Italian Cardinal ...

Today, 133 cardinal electors are set to enter the Conclave at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City to elect a new Pope ...

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

The cardinals will commute back and forth within the Vatican walls between the voting rounds of the conclave in the Sistine ...

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

One of the most infamous elections was in 532, following the death of Boniface II, which involved "large-scale bribing of ...

Today, the College of Cardinals will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel’s Apostolic Palace until white smoke billows above ...

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

The drama and intrigue of a modern papal election can be movie-worthy, but the level of skulduggery these days is modest compared with past centuries.

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

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