Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be an official period of mourning, pointing to steps taken in Spain, Cuba and ...

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

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

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

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

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

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...

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

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...