What happens during the interregnum period? Tom Reese, S.J., explains the time between one pope's death and the succession of ...

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

The best time to be in St. Peter's Square to see the smoke is just after 7 p.m. the first day of the conclave, May 7; and on ...

Rome, has spoken to the recent passing of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21. In November 2022, Griffo said he took a personal ...

On Friday, the day before the pope’s funeral, flight searches on Expedia for Rome for the dates of May 5-14 were up more than ...

The conclave will take place in the nearby Sistine Chapel, a popular tourist spot that was closed to the public Monday and ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Cardinals from around the world will meet under Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to elect a new pope ...

Cardinals under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose a new leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, ...

Pope Francis appointed a significant number of cardinals from the Global South. Among the 135 cardinals currently eligible to ...