Will the adage 'fat pope, thin pope' bear out as cardinals pick a successor to Pope Francis in the May 7 conclave?

The eyes of the world will be on the Vatican next week as the Papal Conclave to elect a new Pope will begin. Two American ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

Vatican staff installed a chimney on the Sistine Chapel ahead of the May 7 conclave, where cardinals will elect a new pope to ...

The Vatican installed the famous chimney that will notify the world when the conclave has chosen the next pope to lead the ...

Vatican workers hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which will be used in burning the ballots for the ...

Welcomed by some and rejected by others, Laudato Si’ emerged as one of the most important documents of Francis’ pontificate.

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 electors in the 2005 and 2013 elections.