After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

Only cardinals under the age of 80 can participate in a conclave, a rule established by Pope Paul VI in 1970 and reaffirmed in subsequent papal decrees. But it is unclear whether Ouédraogo is 79 or 80 ...

The upcoming papal conclave is scheduled to commence on May 7. The College of Cardinals are set to gather in Vatican City to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had ...

The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

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White smoke from the simple, skinny copper pipe placed by Vatican firefighters will signal the selection of a new Pope.