The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

Fans of the Oscar-nominated movie “Conclave,” which is about a papal election, might think they have a head start on what’s ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

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The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

While the film gets some details right, it takes liberties with the process, including the cardinals’ interactions and ...

If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...

The Catholic University of America chaplain Father Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, led a panel on the subject of Francis’ legacy and ...

The eyes of the world will be on the Vatican next week as the Papal Conclave to elect a new Pope will begin. Two American ...

Cardinals will begin the secret conclave, in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. DiNardo ...

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 electors in the 2005 and 2013 elections.