The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

The Vatican also plans to use signal jamming during the conclave to prevent electronic surveillance or communication outside ...

The Vatican is prioritizing secrecy ahead of the conclave to pick a new pope — as it has for hundreds of years — but in the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP ... who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take an oath of secrecy ahead of the conclave that’s starting on Wednesday. The punishment for breaking the oath?

Everyone from cooks to translators to elevator operators took an oath of secrecy at the Vatican on Monday — under threat of automatic excommunication — to prepare for this week’s conclave.

Phone signals in Vatican City will be cut throughout the duration of the conclave, with one small exception Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto; Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Since the last conclave in ...