A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.

Pope Francis was laid to rest on Saturday after a funeral Mass in St Peter’s Square that drew world leaders and hundreds of ...

Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

President Donald Trump silenced petty, left-wing haters who gloated that he'd be relegated to the third row at Pope Francis' ...

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

So-called "Princes of the Church" under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new religious leader of the ...

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

The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the ...

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

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

As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...