The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

The process of picking a new pope is filled with ancient rituals like a secret ballot and locked doors. See a visual guide to conclave.

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

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

Red-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Pope Francis’ emphasis on reaching out to the “peripheries" of the church and world will result in the most diverse ...

In the wake of Pope Francis' death, viewership has spiked for "Conclave," about the choosing of a new pope. Two experts tell ...

Cardinals are already meeting ahead of the formal conclave, where they will confront major issues facing the Catholic Church ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) look at what “Conclave” gets wrong — and gets right — about the process of electing a new pope: ...

Most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with ...