The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created ...

The papacy has traditionally been held by cardinals, but exceptions exist. Historical trivia surrounding papal conclaves ...

On the seventh day of the Novendiales Masses for Pope Francis, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti recalled the extreme sacrifice of Catholics from the Eastern Catholic Churches.

The voting to elect a new pope, known as the Conclave, has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of ...

All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had arrived in Rome by ...

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

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Voting to elect Pope Francis’ successor will begin on May 7 in Rome. Local ...