Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor, delaying the ...

A simplified papal funeral will make a fitting farewell for a pontiff who just three days after his surprise election ...

This conclave will feature one of the most geographically diverse fields, with 10 candidates coming from the U.S.

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

After a week of global mourning for Pope Francis, who died on Monday at age 88, the pope's funeral will be celebrated on ...

The dispute over his eligibility to vote threatened to undermine the integrity and legitimacy of the conclave.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of St Isidore's College, an Irish Franciscan landmark and Ireland's national church in ...