Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next pontiff at the conclave.

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

White smoke billowed over the Vatican on the first full day of voting, but this was not quite the fastest conclave in history.

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke ...

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

There will be 133 cardinals voting in the conclave, the most electors ever. The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

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Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new ...

As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small ...

We're still at the Rorschach test stage of the papacy, in which people can project almost anything they want to see amid the ...

Thousands of workers will benefit from Pope Leo’s monetary gift including those who work in the Vatican’s bookstore, clothing ...