At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

Conclave: Inside the secret election to choose the next Pope - The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has ...

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the ...

As members of the College of Cardinals prepare for the conclave, they face a profound choice: Build on the late pope’s ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

Not only did Pope Francis value and promote the dignity of labor, he was someone who personally worked extremely hard, finding joy and rest in work itself, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said at the ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

The cardinals will elect a person next week, not a platform. So, while they are discussing issues facing the church and the ...

If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...

The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which ...