Paparazzi are stalking the corridors of St. Peter's Square, swarming any cardinal bold enough to walk the streets in the days before the conclave.

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.

The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel use smoke signals to let the outside world know when a new pope has been chosen.

A group of 133 Catholic cardinals from 71 different countries are convening on Wednesday for a secretive conclave that will ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel, ...

This week 133 cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to select a new pope who will lead the world's 1.4 ...

The Vatican is prioritizing secrecy ahead of the conclave to pick a new pope — as it has for hundreds of years — but in the ...

Red curtains are hung on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables, ballots, pens, and ...

The largest and most geographically diverse papal conclave in history is set to commence May 7 in Rome, where cardinals will begin the secretive voting process to select the next man who will lead ...

All eyes turn to the Sistine Chapel as cardinals gather to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church — here's how you can witness history in the making ...

On May 7, in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the conclave for the election of the new pope — the Catholic Church's most secret ...

On the eve of the conclave to elect the next pope, the world's smallest country, Vatican City, is engulfed in commotion as cardinals and pilgrims descend.