One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

The Sistine Chapel was decked out to host a papal election Tuesday as cardinals from around the globe moved into a Vatican ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals are meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor. DW ...

On May 7, all cardinal-electors will gather and be locked in the Sistine Chapel, the most famous papal chapel in the ...

A two-thirds majority is required to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. There are 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide.

Some Catholic cardinals preparing to elect a new pope have turned to the film Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, as an ...

The conclave - which is Latin for locked room - begins in the afternoon with each each cardinal taking an oath of secrecy.

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.