10 US cardinals among those selecting Pope Francis’ successor

Draft, cardinals' conclave: Darcy cartoon

CLEVELAND,Ohio -- With Pope Francis being laid to rest Saturday, 135 cardinals will next ‘draft’ a new Pope in a conclave vote. When one is chosen, white smoke will draft from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney.

As the Roman Catholic Church begins a new chapter, opinions differ on who should succeed Pope Francis

As the faithful across the globe mourned the life of Pope Francis last week, the focus now shifts to selecting the 267th pope to lead the nearly 1 billion...

108 of the cardinals participating in the conclave were created by Pope Francis in his 12 years of management at the head of the Catholic Church

Cardinals will soon gather to elect Francis’ successor at the Vatican

The ‘unofficial’ conclave has started, with cardinals privately chatting about Pope Francis’ successor

Cardinals started having informal discussions about the future leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

The Sistine Chapel of the Vatican will be closed to the public from Monday 28 April for the preparations for the conclave in which a successor of Pope Francis, who died last Monday at 88 years old, will be elected.