Pope Francis was laid to rest on Saturday after a funeral Mass in St Peter’s Square that drew world leaders and hundreds of ...

The Vatican says the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will begin on May 7. The date was chief on the agenda of ...

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

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

The Conclave to elect Pope Francis's successor will start on May 7, Vatican Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said Monday.

The papal conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics will begin on May 7, Vatican spokesman Matteo ...

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

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

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

By Philip Pullella and Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to ...