The movie "Conclave" paints a mostly accurate picture of the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope, save for an ...

Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, is outside the age cutoff for the conclave to select ...

President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope on Truth Social as cardinals get ready to vote for ...

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 ...

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

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

Black smoke – fumata nera in Italian – indicates an inconclusive vote, while white smoke – fumata bianca – will signify that ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church 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 ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...