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

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

The papal conclave got underway Wednesday afternoon in Rome, with 133 cardinal electors tasked with choosing Francis' successor. The question now turns to which man — and it will be a man ...

Ralph Fiennes had many questions for Pope Leo XIV about his thoughts on the 2024 film Conclave. The actor told Entertainment Weekly while promoting his upcoming horror film, 28 Years Later, that he ...

In “Conclave,” which is based on a 2016 Robert Harris novel, Fiennes plays a cardinal tasked with selecting a new pope and finds himself investigating secrets and scandals about the major candidates, ...

Released in Oct. 2024 and propelled back into relevance by the passing of Pope Francis, “Conclave” includes a star-studded ...

Cardinals will gather for the papal conclave — the centuries-old tradition through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected — starting May 7, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said ...

Conclaves are held only when the papacy is vacated, typically upon a pope’s death or retirement. When Pope Benedict XVI, citing age and faltering health, stepped down from the post in 2013 after ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday means the Roman Catholic Church will soon begin the process of selecting a new pontiff. That ancient and mysterious undertaking known as the "conclave ...

Ralph Fiennes wonders what Pope Leo XIV thought of 'Conclave' after watching it ahead of his historic election as the first ...

After a pope dies, the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the "papal conclave." In practice, since at least 1276, the conclave gathers the church ...