A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.

Following the death or abdication of a pope, the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican to choose a new leader at a papal conclave. However, a papal conclave does not necessarily ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

The BBC has commissioned the hour-long documentary special Secrets of the Conclave from Fremantle’s Wag Entertainment and ...

At the previous papal conclave, in 2013, there were definitely not this many glittery, slow-motion looping fancam video edits of people’s favorite Catholic cardinals. The pomp, the vestments and the ...

Cardinals arrive to attend the Ninth Novemdiale mass at St Peter's Basilica in The Vatican, on May 4, 2025. [AFP] The Vatican's papal conclave to choose a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.4 ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Monday, April 21, at the age of 88, more than 1 billion Catholics around the world wait with baited breath for the white smoke to emit from the Sistine Chapel, ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV (C), the American Robert Prevost, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after the Papal Conclave. Oliver Weiken/dpa A top candidate seen by many ...

A seagull has gained viral fame for perching on the Sistine Chapel chimney during papal conclaves. The bird’s presence has inspired memes and social media fascination dating back to 2013. Though the ...

Would you like to know how much Pope Leo XIV won by? Or which cardinals supported him? Or who else got votes? Or how many? Or what coalitions formed? Or who played kingmaker? Officially, you can’t, ...