The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” ...

With the recent passing of Pope Francis, the world enters a moment not just of mourning, but of reckoning. The head of the ...

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has left Rome for home today (27 April), a day after joining the funeral mass of Pope Francis at St Peter's Square in Vatican City. He is expected to reach home in the ...

The Catholic Church is currently undergoing a nine-day period of mourning and prayer for the late Pope Francis, but everyone ...

Francis, who took his name after Saint Francis of Assisi, was known for his outreach to the poor and those in poverty and ...

During the upcoming conclave, cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis in a highly ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. No date has ...

Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

Over three days this week, more than 250,000 people stood for hours in line to pay their final respects while Francis’ body lay in state in St. Peter’s Basilica.