The selection of a new pope and how the process works is daily task for St. Peter's School's students and teachers.

As it passed the Colosseum, the ancient Roman amphitheater that’s one of Italy’s most iconic sites, tourists and faithful ...

The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...

Here are the key things to know about the funeral of the first Latin American pontiff in the church’s history.

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in 46 ½ years for which the ...

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 ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.