By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - The secret conclave that elected Pope Leo head of the Catholic Church ...

Conclave” the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope.

From late morning on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, the Vatican Gendarmerie had confiscated all mobile phones and any possible ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday — the second day of the conclave to elect the successor of Pope Francis.The length of the conclave to elect Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, ended on the second ...

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 article below ...

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

Day 2 of the papal conclave, the election to select Pope Francis' successor, has begun inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. Cardinal electors will cast their ballots for the new Bishop of Rome.

Clerics taking part in a conclave take a vow not to communicate with the outside world and surrender their phones and all ...