Audrey Carville hears from the former Irish President Dr Mary McAleese about Pope Francis and the challenges for his ...

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

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 ...

Conclave: Inside the secret election to choose the next Pope - The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has ...

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

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.

Wars and rumors of wars, especially in the Middle East. Rising political tensions plaguing the Western Hemisphere as the ...

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

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 ...