Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 10 candidates coming from the U.S.

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

Visitors have been barred from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave of cardinals will vote to elect the next pope.

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel May 7 to elect a new pope use smoke signals to communicate with the outside world.

It is one of the wonders of the world, attracting millions of visitors every year. But those now in Rome hoping to admire the ...