Watching the events surrounding the selection of the new Pope reminded me of two important sociological concepts: the sacred ...

More than 130 cardinals will be sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to elect the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff after Pope ...

Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing ...

On Thursday, the first full day, the cardinals will have morning prayers and head into the Sistine Chapel around 9:30 local ...

Deriving its name from the Latin term cum clave, meaning "with a key," the completion of the conclave ... He says a prayer ...

Each cardinal places his ballot on a plate, uses it to drop the vote into the chalice, bows towards the ... for the cardinals to decipher the meaning of what just happened in the last vote and ...

The term “conclave” derives from Latin, meaning “with a key”, reflecting the cardinals ... Cardinals vote by secret ballot, writing a name on paper, folding it, and placing it in a chalice. A ...

A conclave to choose a new pope normally takes place 15 to 20 days after the death of a pontiff, meaning it should not ... in half and placed into a large chalice. A scrutineer will remove ...

Deriving its name from the Latin term cum clave, meaning "with a key," the completion ... He says a prayer and then drops his ballot in a large chalice, according to the United States Conference ...

"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...

All eyes were on Vatican City as the papal conclave took place this week. In 2013, Pope Francis was elected in two days over ...