A total of 133 "Princes of the Church" will meet on Wednesday to elect from among their number a successor to Pope Francis.

There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...

The Holy See released a video Saturday of the preparations for the May 7 conclave after Pope Francis died on April 21.

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

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, provides an inside look into what goes on during conclave in the Catholic ...

Gussie is a U.S. journalist with Vatican News, an official news agency covering the Holy See. Pope Francis created the outlet ...