Millions visit the Sistine Chapel every year - making it the second most visited museum in the world - but it will now ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ ...

The conclave will take place in the nearby Sistine Chapel, a popular tourist spot that was closed to the public Monday and ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

The funeral of Pope Francis gave Catholics across the globe the chance to bid farewell to a beloved pontiff – and for world leaders to rub shoulders at a fraught time for international diplomacy.

Pope Francis' funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him ...

Most of the funeral will be celebrated in Latin, and there will be incense and hymns and Gregorian chants. Attended by dozens ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest over the weekend in Rome, after a funeral mass in Vatican City. As millions watched the ...

The conclave, held to select a new pope, will begin in nine days. The College of Cardinals — the cardinals within the ...

The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...