In an era of instant scoops, steady leaks and unlimited rumors, the College of Cardinals stays mum on picking the new pope.

It is a suspense-filled thriller steeped in mystery, history and political intrigue - not the Oscar-winning Hollywood movie, ...

Why the Vatican will cut the phone signal ahead of the secret Conclave vote - The Vatican has made sure that what happens in ...

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the ...

Ahead of the notoriously secret procedure to elect Pope Francis's successor, which will begin on Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican announced it will deactivate cell service and utilize signal jammers ...

"The Vatican takes the idea of isolation extremely seriously." The famous lockdown is not only about keeping the voting process itself secret: stopping "nefarious forces" from attempting to hack ...

Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that ...

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

Walls found along the eastern side of the dig site date back to between the 9th and 13th centuries, and archaeologists ...