When Pope John Paul II died on the evening of April 2, 2005, the whole world knew it would be coming at any moment.

As depicted in the film “Conclave,” the dean plays an important role in the life of the Catholic hierarchy, a point of ...

What happens after Pope Francis funeral – how the Conclave to select his successor will work - The late pope broke from ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

The dean of the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals is a 91-year-old Italian who has spent most of his career ...

Archbishop (now cardinal) Leonardo Sandri was in the papal apartments and called down to Monsignor (now Archbishop) Renato Boccardo, who was leading the rosary and about to start a procession in ...

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) look at what the film gets wrong — and gets right — about the process of electing a new pope.