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

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

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...

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 ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

A papal conclave, the election of a new pope, tends to begin 15-20 days after a papal vacancy. Black or white smoke indicates ...

In the wake of Pope Francis' death, viewership has spiked for "Conclave," about the choosing of a new pope. Two experts tell ...