Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

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

America' is covering its 10th papal conclave this week—and while the technology has changed, the content remains much the ...

The Sistine Chapel, with its awe-inspiring Renaissance frescoes, is a majestic stage for the Catholic Church’s most sacred ritual: the election of a new pope. But beneath the sacred decor, conclaves ...

The drama and intrigue of a modern papal election can be movie-worthy, but the level of skulduggery these days is modest ...

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the favourites to succeed Pope Francis ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...

The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...