Once a candidate with a two-thirds majority is elected, the Dean, currently Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, will ask him if he ...

Cardinals from across the globe will gather in the Sistine Chapel from May 7 to choose the next pope, with no contact with ...

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. We take a look at his legacy and how the church will choose the next pope.

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

They may be looking at Francis as a model and choose another outsider. Or they may look at Francis' own predecessor, Pope ...