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

The Catholic Church is currently undergoing a nine-day period of mourning and prayer for the late Pope Francis, but everyone ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor ...

One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis’s successor at ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

Once the conclave begins, cardinals will vote twice in the morning and twice in the evening until they make a selection.

What happens after Pope Francis funeral – how the Conclave to select his successor will work - The late pope broke from ...

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” ...

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

Cardinals are already meeting ahead of the formal conclave, where they will confront major issues facing the Catholic Church as they select the next pope.

After a period of mourning, cardinals will gather to elect the next pope in the centuries-old ritual known as the conclave.