Over 4,000 women and men of the police forces will be employed for the inauguration ceremony of the new Pope, the Rome Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security in the prefecture decided ...

Rome police authorities draw up a security plan ahead of the conclave when 133 cardinals will convene in the Vatican to elect ...

The oath-taking is being held in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican for all those assigned to the upcoming conclave. They ...

On Monday, May 5, all 133 cardinal-electors who will participate in the conclave to elect a new pope arrived in Rome. This is ...

All 133 Catholic cardinals eligible to vote for a new pope have arrived in Rome ahead of the conclave beginning this week.

Time is running out and there are still many cardinals registered to speak at the pre-conclave meetings called general ...

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican ...

They will gather in secret in the Sistine Chapel starting at 4:30 pm (1430 GMT) on Wednesday, and will keep voting until one ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.

Inside the Sistine Chapel, preparations are underway for the conclave set to begin May 7, when cardinals will gather to ...

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