Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Nestled in the heart of the Italian capital whose hills bear silent witness to the most decadent customs throughout the ages, ...

Just days before the Vatican convenes to elect a new pope, US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by seemingly ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, will take place on Saturday morning, the Holy See ...

Pope Francis's funeral is on Saturday, and now's the time to familiarize yourself with a few Catholic terms and phrases that ...

What does it take to become a pope? The Holy See shared the minimum qualifications for a pope on its official LinkedIn account after it received "several messages of interest in the Sede Vacante." The ...

The Holy See confirmed details of the funeral for Pope Francis, noting it will begin on the first day of the Novendials nine-day mourning period. Here's everything you need to know about the Holy ...

A total of 20 speeches were given. Following the April 29 meeting, Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office, said during an afternoon press briefing that the names of the two ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pontiff and before the election of another ...