VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during conclave, the most electors ever. LONDON and VATICAN CITY -- All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave will take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of automatic excommunication.

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has some tips for first-timers taking part in the sometimes lengthy process of choosing ...

The next vote by the 133 cardinals gathered in a conclave in Vatican City is expected to take place around 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. Eastern), and the second around noon. If neither vote is ...

The same goes for every person inside the Vatican during the conclave: from the two doctors on hand for any emergency, to the ...

Pope Francis's efforts to shake up the workings of the Church should be built on by the next pope, according to some - but ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks ... successor to Pope Francis must take an oath of secrecy ahead of the conclave that’s starting on Wednesday. The punishment for breaking the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor has officially begun. More than 130 ...