One by one, placing a right hand on the Book of Gospels, staff driving, cooking, cleaning and caring for the cardinals who ...

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new leader ...

The upcoming conclave will be directed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the next eligible most senior cardinal bishop and the Vatican’s secretary of state.

While Francis stacked the ranks with his cardinals, it is not necessarily the case that all of them will want to see the ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

According to the Holy See, over 100 cardinal electors participated and renewed their oath of secrecy prescribed by the ...

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

Work to prepare the Sistine Chapel for the gathering of the cardinals to elect a new pope has begun. The building in Vatican ...

Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...