THROUGH UNTRUETomorrow is election day. At times, I find myself wishing our elections resembled the papal conclave.

The papal conclave, the secretive process of selecting the next pope, is a pivotal event for the Catholic Church and beyond. As the world awaits the outcome, understanding the conclave's intricacies ...

As cardinals deliberate behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel to select a successor to Pope Francis, even artificial ...

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

A record 133 cardinals from 70 countries are involved in the secret ballot, up from 115 from 48 nations in the last conclave ...

The suspense continues at the Vatican as black smoke puffed out of the Sistine Chapel chimney just before lunch, signalling ...

George Pell sacrificed the last years of his life working on a secret mission involving Cardinal Péter Erdő and the currently ongoing papal election.

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

On the first day of the conclave, cardinals took their oaths, heard a meditation from Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, and cast ...

When a new pope is chosen, a different combination is used to create white smoke, the traditional signal that “Habemus Papam” ...

One of America’s best-known prelates shared what he believes to be the qualities of some of the cardinals being mentioned as “papabile.” ...

Cardinals arrive in St. Peter's Basilica to attend a mass on the seventh of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, at ...