As the conclave to elect the new Pope begins on May 7 in Vatican City, Italy, the Roman Catholic Church in Mumbai asked its members to offer special prayers to guide the cardinals towards a good ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will ...

The Prophecy of Popes, a Latin-based legend, claims there will not be a 113th Pope, causing conspiracy theorists to believe ...

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...

In preparation for the conclave, workers have placed a protective covering over the marble mosaic floors and started carrying in pipes, couplers and sheets of subflooring into the Sistine Chapel ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a ...

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

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

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...