They went into last week's conclave vastly outnumbered and smarting after being sidelined by Pope Francis for 12 years.

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

Conclave: How the election of a new Pope has changed over the centuries - ANALYSIS: The ceremony has traditionally been a ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...

The ballots are burned after each vote and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that was built on top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the voting will ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

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 ...

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

In a handful of hours, the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Francis will begin. Here we explore the history ...

As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...