All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint ...

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

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

When the pope dies, cardinals become celebrities and Vatican City becomes a zoo as paparazzi stalk the corridors of St. Peter ...

Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

Red curtains have been installed at St. Peter's basilica as part of the preparations to elect the next pope. CBS News New ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

Jorge Bergoglio did better than expected on the first ballot and continued to gain votes on every ballot. He beat ...

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

The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...

Many of the cardinals said that the jury is still out as they are still getting to know one another and where each of them ...