It was inevitable that the death of Pope Francis, would lead to rumination about a successor. Now that that he has been laid ...

The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next Pope after the ...

Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary ...

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 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’s modest tomb drew massive queues on the first day of public viewing in Rome on Sunday, a day after an estimated 400,000 people turned out for his funeral and burial. Tens of thousands ...

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

Plus, “Conclave” gets a streaming boost, Emily Skeggs coming to Bucks County Playhouse, and Kristin Chenoweth to perform at ...

A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.”It implies the<a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Philip Shenon, author of "Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church," about how Pope Francis' legacy will shape the upcoming conclave.

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