Hollywood and the media love intrigue. And the interregnum in the Catholic Church provides much fodder for an institution ...

A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

Fans of the Oscar-nominated movie “Conclave,” which is about a papal election, might think they have a head start on what’s ...

The Catholic University of America chaplain Father Aquinas Guilbeau, OP, led a panel on the subject of Francis’ legacy and ...

COMMENTARY: Ecclesiology, not just personality, is at stake in this conclave. A new pope must resist false reform rooted in ...

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 electors in the 2005 and 2013 elections.

The world won’t know the next leader of the world’s Catholics until he appears before a throng of supporters in St. Peter’s ...

The Vatican installed the famous chimney that will notify the world when the conclave has chosen the next pope to lead the ...

Days before the assembly of Catholic cardinals in Rome, preparations are underway, including the installation of the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. This historic event marks the beginning of ...

After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...