The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

Cardinals have decided the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin May 7. The conclave is a closed-door ...

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

When the cardinals meet for the conclave, they gather in the Sistine Chapel. All cardinal electors must swear an oath of ...

The papal conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican said on Monday. Cardinals will convene at ...

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

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

The cardinals -- at least, those under 80 years old -- vote for as long as it takes to elect Pope Francis' successor.

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...