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 ...

UK cardinal feels ‘quite intimidated’ as world watches for new pope - Cardinal Vincent Nichols is one of more than 130 ...

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 ...

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

As the Vatican gears up to elect the successor to Pope Francis, technology is being deployed to prevent leaks during the ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

Rev Daniel Henderson from Moneyslane Free Presbyterian Church made the comments during a sermon the day after Pope Francis’ ...