Not without some last-minute and apparently inconsequential drama, 133 cardinals will this afternoon file into the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to elect the 267th Pope. Ten days after the death of ...

There is much mystery and ritual attached to a conclave and the deliberations of the 133 cardinal electors now cloistered behind the doors of the Sistine Chapel. The only certain outcome is that ...

I don’t know if they’re looking for conservative, liberal, progressive, traditional, fat or thin.. I think they’re just ...

The secret meeting to elect the leader of the world’s Catholics is set to begin, bringing with it the intrigue of an ancient ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This ...

The voting process to elect a new Pope gets under way in Rome later and for the second conclave in a row there will be no ...

One of the UK’s most senior Catholic leaders has appealed for prayers as he and other cardinals prepare for the secret voting ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The longtime Vatican diplomat who could be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's ...

How the cardinals will decide who to vote for in the conclave - The 133 cardinals seem fundamentally united in finding a pope ...

The 133 cardinal electors will begin the process of choosing the new pope when the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel on ...

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Archbishop Eamon Martin has invited Ireland to prayer as the search for Pope Francis' successor begins tomorrow ...