The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white ...

As a result of Francis’ expansion of the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, all that is certain about the ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be, on March ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor ...

Pope Francis’s modest tomb drew massive queues on the first day of public viewing in Rome on Sunday, a day after an estimated ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Philip Shenon, author of "Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church," about how Pope Francis' legacy will shape the upcoming conclave.