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

First of all, the conclave has a rule that if the voting takes too long, then a pope can be elected with a 50+1 percent of ...

A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist ...

For the first time, the majority of cardinals to choose a pope are not from Europe, as Catholic demographics shift. But ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

While some hailed the deal as a diplomatic breakthrough, others criticized the move, including Hong Kong's Cardinal Joseph ...

As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

The world has farewelled Pope Frances and now the Catholic Church will begin the process of finding a new leader. On May 7th the College of Cardinals will gather for a Conclave. We find out what that ...

The secretive conclave held in the Sistine Chapel requires a two-thirds of majority and involves up to four round of voting per day.

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will ...