The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.

As the Vatican gears up to elect the successor to Pope Francis, technology is being deployed to prevent leaks during the ...

All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis are taking an oath of secrecy on Monday ...

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

In an open letter to the cardinals who will gather Wednesday to elect the next pope, young people from around the world said ...

In centuries past, the cardinals slept in corridors and rooms of the Apostolic Palace itself during the conclave ...

The chimney on the Sistine Chapel is up, and voting to elect the next pope will begin on Wednesday afternoon, May 7. Here is ...

Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

Catholic cardinals are eligible to participate in the conclave, but two have indicated they will not attend. Two of these cardinals are from the Tri-State Area -- Timothy Cardinal Dolan from the ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

The College of Cardinals gathers this week to elect the next pope to lead the Catholic Church. But what preparations go into setting up the rare, secretive event?

The College of Cardinals celebrated the ninth and final Novendiales Mass for Pope Francis on Sunday, May 4, the third Sunday of Easter.