Catholic cardinals will assemble for the election of the next leader of the church on May 7, after the funeral of Pope ...

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

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

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

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

A total of 135 cardinals from across the world, all below the age of 80, are eligible to take part in the secret vote.

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

The Vatican announced Monday that the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor will begin on May 7, as the Church enters the ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...