Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who could have a steady, ...

Here are ten surprising and interesting facts about Papal conclaves. There is no limit as to how long a conclave can last ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

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

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Beyond simply picking who the next pope will be, players and gamblers also can guess how many tries it will take the ...

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

With just days left before the start of the papal conclave — where a new leader of the Catholic Church will be selected — ...

Final preparations are underway to start the conclave, which will elect Pope Francis' successor. The Vatican released video ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.