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 pontiff at the conclave.

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and "clavis," meaning "together" and "key," respectively – highlighting the absolute, ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become the next pope.

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- emerged.

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.

He has followed the teachings of Pope Francis throughout his service to the church, supporting undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ Catholics. When did the 2025 papal conclave begin? When did voting ...

Pope Francis' death set off a series of traditions that culminates in a vote for his successor. Here are some of the possible ...

The movie “Conclave” delves into the intricacies of papal politics and the election of a new pope, but how accurate is it in portraying the Vatican's inner workings?

Until the election of Pope Benedict XVI ... experts were already at work preparing for the conclave to elect Francis' successor. Vatican firefighters installed the chimney at the Sistine Chapel ...

Before he was named Pope Francis, as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Bergoglio gave a short speech to other cardinals before the 2013 conclave began, in which he called for the church “to come ...

We're still at the Rorschach test stage of the papacy, in which people can project almost anything they want to see amid the ...