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

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome, with 133 cardinal electors tasked with choosing Francis' successor. The question now turns to which man — and it will be a man ...

Conclaves are held only when the papacy is vacated, typically upon a pope’s death or retirement. When Pope Benedict XVI, citing age and faltering health, stepped down from the post in 2013 after ...

Delivered just six weeks after Leo's election, it creates a broad picture of a new era unfolding in the Catholic Church.

The death of Pope Francis on Monday means the Roman Catholic Church will soon begin the process of selecting a new pontiff. That ancient and mysterious undertaking known as the "conclave ...

Editor's note: A conclave to elect the next pope is set to begin May 7. Follow along here for more information. After spending the majority of the year at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis ...

After a pope dies, the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the "papal conclave." In practice, since at least 1276, the conclave gathers the church ...

Update: White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope.

The process to choose a new pope will begin Wednesday in the Vatican.The papal conclave is the gathering of voting-eligible cardinals who meet and vote until a new pontiff is chosen with a two ...

Ralph Fiennes had many questions for Pope Leo XIV about his thoughts on the 2024 film Conclave. The actor told Entertainment Weekly while promoting his upcoming horror film, 28 Years Later, that he ...