It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

Infighting, smear campaigns, papal letters from beyond the grave: The conclave to elect a new pope is giving the film a run ...

President Donald Trump’s latest social media stunt – an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope – sparked immediate ...

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

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

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

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

From cash bets on websites to online games and casual wagers among friends, experts and participants say the popularity of ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Lisa Lim decodes the Latin terms that will pepper the coming conclave of cardinals in Vatican City to elect a successor to ...

How long will the upcoming papal conclave take? Likely not that long, according to one cardinal, who is personally hoping for ...

Over 12 years as pope, Francis tried to remake the U.S. Catholic hierarchy more in his image, elevating pastors who ...