Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu arrives to celebrate Mass at his titular church, San Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope on Truth Social as cardinals get ready to vote for ...

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

CNN’s Vatican Correspondent, Christopher Lamb, takes a glimpse inside the Vatican, looking at the old sites of where part of ...

Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the ...

Strickland, a former bishop, said he worried a pope similar to Francis would deepen the rift between the U.S. and the Vatican ...

The Ukrainian president’s showmanship helped rally the world against the Russian invasion, but it has grated on President ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

From conclave to “Habemus papam,” here’s what to know about the words and phrases that guide the process after a pope dies.