As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...

As the world anticipates the 2025 conclave following Pope Francis's passing, understanding the rules, vote dynamics, and historical context is essential. This article delves into the evolution of ...

The Conclave is still ongoing, with two black smoke signals already passed and the third expected in the coming hours.

The voting process to elect the pope has its own dynamics, and understanding how it has worked over the past century provides ...

Bookies and AI alike failed to correctly determine the next pope - Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as Pope Leo XIV - but a ...

However, the camerlengo, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, is responsible for recording the results of the final vote count in writing, ...

Robert Harris, author of Conclave, says the politics of electing a new pope aren't that different from reality TV show The ...

If we could go back a few centuries, politics should learn from the Church how to select its leaders. Among the many ailments ...

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

While Cardinal Vincent Nichols now holds Murphy-O’Connor’s former position, he has adopted a different approach to the ...