Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

The faithful will be flocking to Rome to honor the death of Pope Francis, with his funeral scheduled for Saturday April 26.

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

The shortest conclave history was in 1503, when Pope Julius II was elected in just under 10 hours. The 2013 papal conclave, ...

US Vice President JD Vance’s Vatican visit has made headlines, especially as he was one of the last foreign leaders to meet ...

The new pope will be chosen by cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, with all of Michelangelo’s genius gazing down on ...

Black smoke streamed from the Sistine Chapel's chimney to signal that cardinals failed to select a new Pope in their first ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one. It involves sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots ...

Pope Francis' death kicks off the traditional papal conclave process for picking a new pope. Here's what to know about it and ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Rome has two international airports ... operations and returns the buildings to what they were built for. The Sistine Chapel, for example, will hold the conclave, while St. Peter’s will be ...