Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 12 ...

As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...

Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the ...

Secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church will start on May 7. The date was decided during a closed-door ...

VATICAN CITY (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The Vatican announces that a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on ...

The papal conclave, the solemn and secretive process in which cardinals convene to elect a successor to Pope Francis, is to ...

Over 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new head ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the ...