Odds are on a short conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, with 267th pope likely to be picked by Thursday or Friday ...

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 ...

Following Pope Francis's death last month, the papal conclave has commenced at the Vatican to elect his successor. On the ...

The surprise stars of the conclave and papal election? It's not Pope Leo, it's his 'fun uncle' brothers - The internet has ...

The papal conclave is the secret electoral process to elect a new pope. What are the traditions, and what is different this ...

Cardinals arrive in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a mass on the seventh of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, at ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope ...

By the year 1550, ravioli, whole chickens and pies were some of the foods banned from being eaten in a conclave, as they were ...

The Vatican's papal conclave to choose a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is governed by procedures ...

Who’d have thought choosing a new pope would produce the funniest memes in ages?

A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist ...