With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Pope Francis died at the age of 88 in April 2025, and many will now wonder who will succeed him in the Vatican ...

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The conclave to select the new pope will begin on Wednesday behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel after the passing ...

Powerful jammers are installed inside the premises of the Sistine Chapel and windows overlooking the election areas are tinted black.

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task on Wednesday of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world ...

Cardinals gather in Sistine Chapel to elect 267th pope after the death of Pope Francis, with process shrouded in secrecy and ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a ...

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope.

Cardinal John Njue, 79, is eligible to join the other 133 cardinals, from 70 countries, who are gathering for the start of ...

Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, a group of cardinals will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no ...