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

The secretive process to elect a new Roman Catholic pope begins May 7, two weeks after Pope Francis’ death at age 88. Fans of ...

The conclave begins today, Wednesday, May 7. A conclave must start 15 to 20 days after the death of the previous pope. Pope ...

In modern history, most conclave's have taken two to three days. Pope Francis (2013), Pope Benedict XVI (2005), Pope John ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Catholic cardinals from across the globe will gather for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor. John Yang takes a deeper look at the high-stakes undertaking to select the next pontiff.

And today, Cardinals from around the world have gathered in the Sistine Chapel to cast their votes for a new pope in a 749-year-old, days-long voting process, called a conclave. The papal conclave ...

In real life, they are sequestered and living together at the Casa Santa Marta, a guesthouse on the grounds of the Apostolic ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, meaning that a new pope was not ...

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...

Ahead of the conclave process to elect Pope Francis ... Francis in St Peter’s Basilica on 1 May (Getty) During the voting process, which takes place in the Sistine chapel, cardinals will ...

One of the biggest elements not shown in the movie is that the conclave is a deeply spiritual process and all the cardinals discuss with God prior to voting. While this was discussed in the movie ...