Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

Cardinals from around the world have descended on Rome for the secretive conclave to decide the next pope.Italian Cardinal ...

The College of Cardinals will meet beginning Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two ...

Cardinals attend Mass at the Vatican before secretive papal election begins - Some 133 Cardinals begin their secretive ...

Of all the ceremonies associated with electing a new pope, the one most familiar to the general public is the smoke that emanates from a stovepipe chi ...