The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

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

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

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

The cardinals will gather for the conclave starting May 7. Special TV broadcasts are planned for the start of the papal ...

If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...

Fox News Chief Religion Correspondent Lauren Green spoke to Father Enzo Fortunato, who heads communications for St. Peter's ...

PolitiFact’s occasional MovieFact feature reports on the accuracy of nonfiction films, typically comparing their details with ...

While the film gets some details right, it takes liberties with the process, including the cardinals’ interactions and ...

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

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.