The oath, which explicitly forbids recording or disclosing anything from within the conclave, underscores the Church's ...

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

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They include clerics in support roles, including confessors speaking various ...

Shrouded in secrecy — that’s perhaps the most fitting description of the conclave that elects the next leader of the global ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, made history in 2013 by becoming the first pope from Latin America and the first non-European pope in over a millennium.  He served ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday and following his funeral the focus turned to finding his successor, in what is a clearly drawn out process.

The Vatican announced ahead of the Cardinals' assembly that all 133 Catholic cardinals set to vote for the successor of Pope ...