The papal conclave is private election held behind closed doors of Vatican City's Sistine Chapel, where 135 cardinals vote on who will serve as the next the head of the Catholic Church.

Michel de Nostredame — a French astrologist and soothsayer from the 16th century known as Nostradamus — is also said to have ...

White smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elected a new Pope on March 13, 2013 in Vatican ... of the Council of European ...

Sister Genevieve Jeanningros was at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican as thousands of mourners waited for hours to say goodbye and see Francis lying in state reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

The Vatican will now have a new task after Pope Francis’ death: selecting who will succeed the 12-year tenure of the bishop of Rome through the meeting of the conclave. Cardinal Kevin Farrell ...