After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...

The proportion of cardinal electors from Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and countries in ...

Now that Pope Francis has been laid to rest, there's a renewed fascination with the centuries-old traditions of the Vatican.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Voting to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7 in Rome. Local ...

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

Pope Francis was not afraid of messiness. That seems to have been part and parcel of his pastoral freedom, charging into ...

The Conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin May 7.

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

The cardinals will gather for the conclave starting May 7. Special TV broadcasts are planned for the start of the papal ...