At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

Some 133 Catholic cardinals will gather below Michelangelo's famed frescoes in the 15th-century chapel, situated inside the ...

Cardinals are set to begin the conclave that will elect the next pope Wednesday, May 7, in the Vatican's Sistine ...

All eyes are on the Sistine Chapel after workers hoisted a new chimney onto the roof. The rust-colored pipe will send the ...

If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...

Russell Brand arrives at a London court to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women.

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave. After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, ...

Preparations are ramping up in Vatican City ahead of next week’s conclave, including the installation of the chimney on the ...

Vatican firefighters have installed a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in preparation for next week’s conclave, the ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

White smoke from the simple, skinny copper pipe placed by Vatican firefighters will signal the selection of a new Pope.