The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis.

As cardinals meet in Rome ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, a Peruvian cardinal accused of sexual abuse and whose ...

"The Slum Pope has died. Long live the pope of the poor, the marginalised, the disenfranchised," the world cried. Now that ...

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

By Philip Pullella, Joshua McElwee and Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on April 27, a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to ...

Photos of Pope Francis’ final resting place have been shared following his funeral. Francis, who led the Catholic Church for ...

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Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis on May ...

The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis’ funeral Saturday. In ...

Vietnam's degraded ecosystems and dioxin-contaminated soils and waters still reflect the long-term ecological consequences of ...

A theme of early meetings is the tension between diversity and unity, which have become shorthand for cardinals to signal ...