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

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who ...

The Vatican has announced that military jammers will block electronic communication around the Sistine Chapel during the ...

The eyes of 1.4 billion Catholics are fixed on the Vatican City today as 132 cardinals started arriving in Rome as they ...

The conclave ends when a new pope is elected by receiving two-thirds of the votes. Here's how much time that could take.

The conclave to elect Pope Francis successor is set to begin on May 7. This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 53 cardinals from Europe, 23 from Asia, 37 from ...