Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked the conclave to “keep an open mind” about making President Trump the next pope. “I was ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...

President Donald Trump had an interesting thought about who should succeed Pope Francis ahead of the papal conclave on May 7.

For nearly 180 years, papal conclaves have chosen a new pope in three to five days. In centuries past, they've taken a lot ...

The Oscar-nominated film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini and offers a fictionalized, high-stakes ...

The process through which a new pope is chosen is known as a conclave, also the name of a popular movie about the process.

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.