People shelter from the rain in Saint Peter's Square on March 12, 2013, as they watch a live feed showing cardinals entering the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect a successor ...

Today, just over two weeks after Pope Francis’s passing, the 2025 papal conclave began. At 4 a.m. ET, 10 a.m. Vatican Time, the 133 voting cardinals gathered at St. Peter’s Basilica for a Holy ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, the Catholic Church will begin a process virtually unchanged in 800 years to select its new leader. The system is known as the ‘Papal ...

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.

The 2013 papal conclave followed the first resignation of a pope in nearly 600 years, as Pope Benedict XVI stepped down citing health concerns. It was also one of the shortest conclaves in history ...

Cardinals elected Pope Francis in 2013, in a historically short conclave following Pope Benedict's resignation.