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Exit tourists. Enter cardinals. The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to ...
The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel to begin preparations for the conclave, during which Catholic cardinals from around ...
The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
As Pope Francis's funeral approaches, 'Conclave' author Robert Harris discusses the papal selection process and why ...
Whoever emerges from the coming conclave as the new leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church will face a myriad of ...
The process of picking a new pope is filled with ancient rituals like a secret ballot and locked doors. See a visual guide to conclave.
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 ...
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 ...
The Conclave to elect the new Pope will take place after the novendiales. Following the massive funeral of Pope Francis, ...