ROME -- An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since ...

An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since, in his ...

The group of cardinals who will choose Francis’s successor will face challenges different and greater than conventional or ...

With Oscars backlash over AI, racism and intimacy coordinators, this has been the most scandal-filled Academy Awards in ...

Robert Harris' novel "Conclave," a political papal thriller set in the Vatican as cardinals jostle and conspire to elect a ...

The leader of the Catholic Church is selected through secret ballot voting by cardinals in what is known as a papal conclave. On March 13, 2013, Francis assumed the papacy after he was elected ...

In many respects, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and Cardinal Timothy Dolan have traveled similar paths to the most powerful ...

Friends were discussing the brilliant new film Conclave this week ... the 2005 one that elected Pope Benedict XVI and the 2013 one that elected the current pope, Francis. It was utterly fascinating.

In perhaps the quirkiest election in sports, seven officials are vying for the powerful position of president of the ...

Pope Francis falls and hurts his arm, Vatican says, weeks after another fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin.

He also shared his surprise at being elected Pope in 2013, admitting that he never imagined ... “I had never imagined that the conclave could affect me directly, and in no way could I have ...