“Dear brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell said in a statement at the time ... Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation ...

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

There is no limit as to how long a conclave can last when electing a new Pope. One vote will be held on the first day of ...

The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing ...

Per the Daily Mail, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles will not attend the Chicago-born Pope's ceremony in Vatican City, and he isn't sending Prince William to represent him. Instead, the ...

The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

The last time this happened, in 2013, Catholics weren't mourning the death of the Holy Father; instead, they were reeling from the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, something that hadn't happened ...

When Pope Benedict XVI first met with journalists a few days after his April 19, 2005, election, he immediately expressed words of gratitude for the media's work after the death of Pope John Paul ...

Father Himes defined such an economy as “a labor market where there is a prevalence of short-term or freelance jobs instead of workers in full-time employment ... in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI ...

The death of Pope ... to Elect Pope Francis? Pope Francis was elected in March 2013 after only five ballots across two days. The swift consensus followed Pope Benedict XVI's resignation citing ...