The author of the hit novel turned Oscar-nominated picture Conclave said the King revealed to him that he has watched the film. Robert Harris, 68, was formally made a CBE by Charles for services to ...

While discussing the pope's first official visit post-election, Gillespie tells PEOPLE, "Ordinarily, there's a reception where the new pope sits on the throne of St. Peter, and is sort of greeted ...

The new pope is then led to the “Room of Tears.” In this chamber, off the Sistine Chapel, he will have moments to reflect on the burdens of his position, ...

There have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church's roughly 2,000-year history, which spans three millennia. With the death of Pope Francis, a series of formal events was immediately set into ...

The election of a successor to Pope Clement IV in 1268 dragged on for so long — about 1,000 days — that locals in the town of Viterbo, where it was held, locked the cardinals in the room where ...

VATICAN CITY — As the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel in procession Wednesday for the start of the conclave to pick the next pope, talk was swirling that the throne of St. Peter could go to ...

One of the cardinals who is sick, however, may earn the right to vote from his room. Crowds in St. Peter’s Square learned the first secret vote of the papal conclave did not select a new pope on ...

Papal vestments of three different sizes hang in the Room of the Tears, a chamber next to the Sistine Chapel where the new pope dresses before appearing on the balcony, at the Vatican, Tuesday ...

Inside room where new Pope and leader of Catholic church chosen The highly secretive meeting - the Conclave - to choose the next pope takes place inside the Sistine Chapel.

When Pope Francis became pontiff: A timeline of his religious journey and career. Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose ...

It means "a room that can be locked up," emphasizing the secrecy and confidentiality of papal selection process. A conclave begins 15 to 20 days after the pope's death.

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be ...