Following the death of Pope Francis, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather at some point next month to elect ...

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

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

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

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

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

Rome’s key tourist sites within the Vatican ... This strictly confidential gathering sees Roman Catholic cardinals locked inside the Sistine Chapel until a decision is made.

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

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

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Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next ...

Cardinals arriving in Rome for the funeral services of Popes ... and will cast their ballots in the Sistine Chapel, in the Apostolic Palace. The cardinals cannot communicate with anyone outside ...