Simony, properly defined by the Catholic Church as the selling of ecclesiastical offices and positions, has been designated ...

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 ...

Cardinals charged with picking a new pope have taken their oath of secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel before beginning the ...

All Vatican personnel involved in supporting the upcoming papal conclave must take an oath of secrecy — under penalty of automatic excommunication.

Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here’s what to know.

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

Over the coming days, eyes will search for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.

Since the last conclave in 2013, when Pope Francis was elected, technology and mobile devices have progressed immensely; The ...

A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in ...