In modern history, most conclave's have taken two to three days. Pope Francis (2013), Pope Benedict XVI (2005), Pope John ...

Support for the new Pope, who is seen as a conciliatory figure, accelerated after the second ballot and coalesced into a ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

The 2025 papal conclave will be the most geographically diverse in history, reflecting the global nature of the Catholic ...

Update: White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope.

The first candidate to secure two-thirds of the votes is elected as the next pope. The prospect of an American becoming pope is "very unlikely," according to Dr. Miles Pattenden, a historian of the ...

As cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel this morning, there are a number of reasons why the second day of voting in a papal ...

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...

Should that pattern be followed again ... In the largest conclave in history — there are 133 voting members in Vatican City — so many cardinals are new and unfamiliar to their peers that ...

However, the article notes that the conclave is "inevitably a hotbed of competing factions who wish to see their man come out on top." There are other reasons to sequester the voting cardinals ...

These changes, which heavily favor increased representation from Asia, have profound implications for the direction of the 2025 papal conclave. Past assumptions about issues, debates, and voting ...