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Cardinal DiNardo talks about the upcoming papal conclave to elect new pope
Cardinals will begin the secret conclave, in The Vatican's Sistine Chapel, to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pope. DiNardo ...
How long was the longest conclave? Facts about the secret voting to elect a pope
The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...
How is a new Pope chosen? Papal conclave rules, traditions, who votes, smoke, and how long will it take?
The rules of the conclave say that cardinals under the age of 80 are invited to take part in the conclave. That means that ...
Cardinals Hope for Speedy Conclave to Pick New Pope, Under Michelangelo's Gaze
When cardinals met for their second conclave of 1978 after the sudden death of Pope John Paul I, Vienna's Franz Koenig ...
Rome’s iconic Sistine Chapel shuts doors as next Pope awaits
Following Pope Francis's death, the Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel to prepare for the papal conclave. Cardinals will ...