The process of choosing a new Pope is shrouded in secrecy, as the cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel until a new ...

Once inside, they will pledge to maintain secrecy about what's about to transpire and to not allow any interference from ...

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope have entered the Sistine Chapel to begin voting on Wednesday (May 7), ...

All 133 cardinal electors are now in the Sistine Chapel. It is within these walls that they will choose the successor to Pope ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

At approximately 5:45 pm on Wednesday, master of ceremonies Diego Ravelli shut the heavy doors of the famous chapel in the Vatican after calling out in a solemn voice the Latin phrase 'Extra Omnes,' ...

In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightened to choose ...

The cardinal electors on Wednesday entered the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave for the election of the 267th Pope then ...

The centuries-old ritual, which is expected to last several days, comes just over a fortnight after the death of Pope Francis ...

The proceedings will take place in absolute secrecy, with the prelates largely sequestered from the outside world for as long ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...