As 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a new pope, the church's problems and perplexities remain bigger than the sum of the questions posed in the days since Francis died.

Much of the world’s attention is on the Vatican, where conclave has begun and cardinals are meeting to select a successor to ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were shut and locked to the public after all 133 cardinal electors took the oath of secrecy, ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

The master of ceremonies has called "extra omnes" -- ordering all those who are not cardinal electors to exit the Sistine Chapel prior to the start of the conclave.

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were closed after 133 Catholic cardinals processed inside, ahead of their first vote to elect ...

The conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect a new pope after the death or resignation of the pope. The ...

You can get in touch with James by emailing [email protected] As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

The ballots are burned after each vote and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that is being built on top of the Sistine ...

Inside the Sistine Chapel, each cardinal elector stood before his assigned seat, facing the Book of the Gospels, placed on a ...