The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Crucial meetings will be held this week in which contenders begin jockeying in earnest for the job of leading the Roman ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next Pope after the ...

Cardinals are expected to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, following ...

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

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...