Robert Harris praises the secret process of electing Pope Francis's success, saying political parties could learn from it.

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers 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 a ...

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

Cardinal Raymond Burke, 76, a former archbishop of St. Louis, and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, 72, archbishop of Newark.

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols provides an insider's view of what's going on these days before the conclave to elect a ...

COMMENTARY: From Rome to the Global South, the cardinals are preparing to elect a new pope — but history shows that the Holy ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

More than 65 years later, I still remember the experience of being an altar boy reciting the entirety of the Catholic Mass in ...

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

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church has chosen a date to elect its new leader, in a process virtually ...

Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, is outside the age cutoff for the conclave to select ...