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

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.

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become the next pope.

Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real ...

On Monday, they got a special visit and some face time with Cardinal Blase Cupich. As expected, the students wore their ...

We're still at the Rorschach test stage of the papacy, in which people can project almost anything they want to see amid the ...

Cardinal-electors take an oath to maintain “absolute and perpetual secrecy” concerning “all matters directly or indirectly ...

Eyes around the world watched the viral video of students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy host their own mini conclave.

ABC7's Liz Nagy spent almost two weeks reporting from the Vatican as the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV as its next ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public ...