One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

Cardinals from around the world will enter the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the private process of ...

The papal conclave begins on May 7. The process of choosing a new pope will take place at the Sistine Chapel. Once a new pope ...

Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here’s what to know.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

All eyes are on the as the conclave begins on Wednesday as more than 130 Catholic cardinals come together behind the locked ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

On Wednesday, 133 members of the College of Cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel for the third papal conclave in recent ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...