Red-robed cardinals assembled in the Vatican on Wednesday to pray, shortly before being locked in to elect a new pope to lead ...

FILE - Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to ...

There are time-honoured rituals, some shrouded in secrecy, and a series of carefully planned events that are likely to take place now that Pope Francis has died.

Following the funeral, in another break with tradition, the coffin will be taken through the streets of Rome to an ...

The largest and most geographically diverse papal conclave in history is set to commence May 7 in Rome, where cardinals will ...

This is the closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel. Its name, literally ...

With the death of Pope Francis, the position of the Bishop of Rome and the head of the worldwide Catholic Church stands empty.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began centuries-old ...

Here are the five things that Conclave gets right about the papal election. Conclave portrayed the papal election process as ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the ...

Where to watch Conclave in Australia and how close it comes to the real-life Vatican drama unfolding now following the death ...