As the papal conclave begins in the Vatican, an explanation of what will happen now before the election of the next Pope ...

What the new Pope’s name will say about their plans for the Catholic Church - Four favourites have emerged to succeed Pope ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The soft-spoken diplomat in the running to be Pope - Pietro Parolin has been the Vatican's secretary ...

Who is Cardinal Tagle? The youthful 67-year-old tipped as a favourite to be the next Pope - Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio ...

Not without some last-minute and apparently inconsequential drama, 133 cardinals will this afternoon file into the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to elect the 267th Pope. Ten days after the death of ...

There is much mystery and ritual attached to a conclave and the deliberations of the 133 cardinal electors now cloistered behind the doors of the Sistine Chapel. The only certain outcome is that ...

Both of the most recent conclaves, in 2005 to elect Pope Benedict and 2013 to elect Pope Francis lasted just two days. This conclave could have begun on May 5, but the delayed starting date of May 7 ...

I don’t know if they’re looking for conservative, liberal, progressive, traditional, fat or thin.. I think they’re just ...

UK cardinal feels ‘quite intimidated’ as world watches for new pope - Cardinal Vincent Nichols is one of more than 130 ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin has invited Ireland to prayer as the search for Pope Francis' successor begins tomorrow ...

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