Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of automatic excommunication — to prepare for this week’s conclave.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. The support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis took an oath of ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke billowing from ... Speculation swirled that the throne of St. Peter could go to a first pontiff from the United States. Just as many voices were heralding the chances ...

The Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State installed the ceremonial ... They will not be allowed to leave until a new pontiff takes the throne. The cardinals will vote once on the first ...

The Vatican has released the first photos that show Pope Francis lying in state after the head of the Catholic church died on Easter Monday. The photographs show Francis dressed in his vestments ...

The cardinals decided to meet on May 7, 16 days after the death of Pope Francis because the Vatican needed time to prepare for the 133 cardinal electors, the largest conclave in history.

The Vatican shared a livestream of the mass on Sunday as it has done every day of Novemdiales. Mamberti led the mass in Italian, as a choir sang hymns and a number of others stepped up to the ...

ROME – The Vatican announced details Tuesday of the schedule for the start of the conclave on May 7, the eagerly anticipated secret election of a new pontiff following the death of pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take ...