The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on ...

While the film gets some details right, it takes liberties with the process, including the cardinals’ interactions and rule-breaking ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

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 ...

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

Discover how the Papal Conclave elects a new pope after Pope Francis's passing—an ancient, sacred process where cardinals ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

As the Church begins the process of selecting a new ... the cardinals in seclusion to ensure that the election of a new pope is conducted free from external influence and political pressure. The papal ...

Ahead of the conclave ... if no pope has been elected and white smoke if the Catholic world has a new pope. The smoke is turned black or white through the addition of chemicals. • If voting ...

Ahead of the conclave process to elect Pope Francis’s successor on 7 May ... in St Peter’s Basilica on 1 May (Getty) During the voting process, which takes place in the Sistine chapel ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

(VATICAN CITY) — The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on Wednesday, bringing cardinals from all over the world to ...