Tens of thousands of travellers have descended on the city for the funeral of Pope Francis and the election of a new pontiff.

As GBH’s Esteban Bustillos reports, the only people who can participate are cardinals under the age of 80. Cardinal Seán ...

The head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has expressed readiness to attend the papal conclave ...

On the morning of May 7 the conclave will commence, with all the cardinals present, with the Holy Mass for the Election of ...

The cardinals will take their oaths in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, before they cast their first ballots. The conclave is ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope Francis' death.

Cardinals who will take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope began checking into two Vatican hotels.

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators.The support staff for the cardinals who will ...

Cardinals gathered at the Vatican for a meeting ahead of electing a new pope have emphasized the need for a pastoral pope who ...