From the Sistine Chapel to St Peter’s Square, locations in the Vatican where the new pope’s election will play out in the ...

The word conclave comes from the Latin for "with key", a reference to the lockdown imposed on cardinals during the process.

Here are ten surprising and interesting facts about Papal conclaves.The longest conclave lasted almost three yearsThere is no ...

Sunday marks the final day of mourning for Pope Francis. The conclave to select the next pope begins on Wednesday. NBC News’ ...

In the pre-conclave process, cardinals – played by the likes of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow in the film – ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that ...

The bestselling novelist Robert Harris says a conclave to select a new Pope has a similar dynamic to hit TV show The Traitors ...

The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which ...

As cardinals prepare for the largest papal conclave in history, battle lines are being drawn over the direction of the church ...

A conclave is the gathering of cardinals to elect a new pope, and they are effectively “locked” in the Sistine Chapel until ...

Parolin is seen as a quiet diplomat who is pragmatic more than conservative or progressive. He occasionally had to quietly ...

The cardinals of the Catholic Church have held their ninth in a series of near-daily meetings at the Vatican ahead of the ...