Following tradition, the cardinals will celebrate a “Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff” in St. Peter’s Basilica on ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

As such, to protect the safety of The Vatican City's residents and the cardinals participating in the upcoming papal conclave ...

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican's "trial of the century" announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from ...