The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on Wednesday, bringing cardinals from all over the world to select the 267th pope.

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.

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

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, ...

Following Pope Francis ... how this covert process will proceed and who might become the future spiritual leader of more than 1.3 billion Catholics throughout the world. Voting begins with ...

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

With the world watching closely, the sacred voting process is underway to determine who will succeed him as the next pope. Below, find out everything you need to know about the conclave—what it ...

The election of a successor to Pope Clement ... That is where the name still used for the process of selecting a new pope — "conclave," which translates to "under lock and key" — came from.

In the film, the conclave takes around a week for the new pope to be chosen. While it could happen, it is very unlikely that the process will take that long. The last two papal elections took just ...

The ballot solemnly placed in the urn and even the white smoke after the election of the 'mini' Pope, with ballots burned in ...