The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The ins and outs of the centuries-old papal process hadn’t become a mainstream topic until “Conclave” emerged as one of last ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Per Catholic doctrine, only baptized, Catholic males are allowed to be priests, who can then go on to be cardinals. Only male cardinals under the age of 80 can vote in a conclave, and only men are ...

With the papal conclave under way in the Vatican to select a new pope, many at Holy Name Cathedral prayed Wednesday for the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...