A chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican will signal the election of a new pope and leader of the Catholic Church.

The College of Cardinals held its 12th general congregation on Tuesday, where Pope Francis’ ring fisherman’s ring was officially destroyed.

There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

Friedrich Merz has secured a majority in the second round of voting at the German Bundestag, averting a constitutional crisis ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope Francis' death.

The cardinals will reside at the Domus Sanctae Marthae while the voting takes place at the Sistine Chapel ... an indication to the public that the new leader of the Catholic Church has been selected.

Camille A. Villar, who is gunning for a Senate seat in the May 12 polls, for alleged vote buying. Comelec Committee on Kontra Bigay Executive Director Teopisto E. Elnas, Jr. said that a Facebook video ...

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A conclave of 138 cardinals under the age of 80 will be convened and they will be eligible to vote for the next chief ... papal conclave are all from different backgrounds and play important roles in ...

The battle to succeed Pope Francis is one for the very soul of the Catholic Church and its over a billion ... cent of the 138 Cardinals eligible to vote having been appointed by him, meaning ...

Online posts appear to show some voters' distrust in Canada's democratic process as Canadians prepare to vote in the April 28 federal election. The posts point to the use of pencils in election booths ...