It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the Catholic Church’s history, forging for the first time the word “conclave.” ...

Downloads of the 2024 film have surged since the death of Pope Francis—but in the 16th and 17th century, it was etchings that ...

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 ...

Cardinals electing Pope Francis's successor will have an easier time than many of their predecessors, who endured spartan ...

Firefighters installed the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday which will emit white smoke to signal the election of a ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

The conclave process to elect the next pope is shrouded in secrecy. Here’s a visual guide to the ancient tradition.

Some 133 Catholic cardinals will gather below Michelangelo's famed frescoes in the 15th-century chapel, situated inside the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

when Pope Francis decided to live in the Domus rather than the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, the Domus instantly changed on many journalistic keyboards from being “the Vatican’s 4 ...

The longest conclave in history lasted almost three years following the death of Clement IV in November 1268, held in the papal palace at Viterbo, near Rome. From late 1269 the cardinals allowed ...

Following Francis' death, his official papal apartments, called the Apostolic Palace, were sealed — another moment made famous by the 2024 film. However, Francis actually resided in a smaller ...