There were 135 cardinals aged under 80 when Francis died and are thereby eligible to take part in the conclave, but it is not ...

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

As cardinals meet in Rome ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, a Peruvian cardinal accused of sexual abuse and whose ...

Members of the College of Cardinals had a chance to visit the tomb of Pope Francis, who was buried in the Basilica of St.

"The Slum Pope has died. Long live the pope of the poor, the marginalised, the disenfranchised," the world cried. Now that ...

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

By Philip Pullella, Joshua McElwee and Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their ...

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The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday. In ...

The conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on May 7, the Holy See Press Office at the Vatican has announced. The decision to ...

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...