It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

Workers are installing a stove for burning secret votes and the chimney that will billow smoke to announce the election of a ...

From king to the world’s pastor: How will the next pope change the style of the papacy? By Zac Davis The scarlet robes. The ...

VATICAN CITY — "Conclave" the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, ...

The Viterbo conclave, which lasted 1,006 days, was the longest papal election in history, sparking the creation of the term ...

Conclave,” the movie, may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

In a papal court, Pope Stephen VI accused the dead Formosus of perjury and of having acceded illegally to the papacy. At the end of the trial, Formosus was pronounced guilty and his papacy ...