So that means some foods were banned or carefully inspected at previous conclaves, including whole roast chicken, stuffed ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

A conclave will go on for as long as needed. The longest was almost three years from 1268 to 1271. Some have been a day. The ...

After Pope Francis’s death, the Catholic Church is in the process of finding a new head. The new Pope will have supreme and ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

After more than three hours of intense seclusion, black smoke puffed out from the chapel’s chimney — signaling that the ...

As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York made his way to the Sistine Chapel May 7 to participate in the conclave process to elect the next pope.

Voting will continue among the cardinals gathered in Vatican City after no one gained the required two-thirds majority to become the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

The late Pope Francis is widely regarded as one of the most progressive popes in the history of the Catholic Church, having ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has begun, but how long will it last? Here's the longest and shortest a conclave has lasted in history.