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

Firefighters installed the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Friday in preparation for the upcoming conclave, ...

Some 133 Catholic cardinals will gather below Michelangelo's famed frescoes in the 15th-century chapel, situated inside the ...

The Sistine Chapel chimney is clearly visible from the nearby Saint Peter's Square, where thousands are expected to gather during the conclave to see how the secret balloting is progressing ...

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

Russell Brand arrives at a London court to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women.

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave. After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, ...

Four of the 133 cardinal electors who will pick Pope Francis's successor in a conclave starting Wednesday have not yet ...