The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

Vatican staff installed a chimney on the Sistine Chapel ahead of the May 7 conclave, where cardinals will elect a new pope to ...

While the conclave might not be as dramatic as the 2024 thriller, there is sure to be plenty of suspense and mystery shrouding the tradition.

Fans of the Oscar-nominated movie “Conclave,” which is about a papal election, might think they have a head start on what’s ...

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

For over 750 years, strict food rules have safeguarded papal conclaves, ensuring secrecy and preventing hidden messages from ...

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

The cardinals will gather for the conclave starting May 7. Special TV broadcasts are planned for the start of the papal ...

The unprecedented number of 133 cardinal electors surpasses all previous papal conclaves, breaking the previous record of 115 electors in the 2005 and 2013 elections.