The papal conclave will begin with a single ballot on the first day and then four rounds of voting each day afterward until a ...

One of the most infamous elections was in 532, following the death of Boniface II, which involved "large-scale bribing of ...

Cardinals from all over the world will gather in conclave on Wednesday to elect a successor to Pope Francis. There were 135 ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

All 133 cardinals eligible to elect Pope Francis’s successor have arrived in Rome for the conclave. They will take their ...

The Papal Conclave becomes a magnet for tourists to visit the Vatican, even though the process of electing a new Pope to ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path ...

In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...

Francis’s most outspoken critic, ultra-conservative US Cardinal Raymond Burke, took the unusual step of posting an Instagram video of himself praying out loud for the “most worthy man” to lead the ...

As the papal conclave begins in the Vatican, an explanation of what will happen now before the election of the next Pope ...