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.

The College of Cardinals, clad in their red cassocks, solemnly processed towards the Sistine Chapel, where Michelangelo’s awe ...

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of its preparations for the the conclave to elect the next ...

As the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled farewell to Pope Francis, a new chapter in Catholic history quietly unfolded: for ...

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A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

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 ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

NPR secured one of the last public tours of the Sistine Chapel before it closes for the Catholic Church's upcoming conclave to select the next pope.

Pope Francis’ death and funeral will usher in a period of transition for the Catholic Church, with cardinals gathering at the Vatican for the papal conclave, the secretive voting that will result in ...