Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will ...

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent priorities for Pope Francis' successor.

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Tens of thousands were on hand to see the billionaire announce his plans to retire. Their attention is already focusing on ...

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

In an open letter to the cardinals who will gather Wednesday to elect the next pope, young people from around the world said ...

In centuries past, the cardinals slept in corridors and rooms of the Apostolic Palace itself during the conclave ...

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.