When the film Conclave was released in November last year, it felt spookily well-timed. The film, directed by Edward Berger, ...

Pope Francis’s death on Monday launches the centuries-old Catholic ritual of mourning and selecting a new leader of the ...

At the end of a pope's reign, a secret vote takes place at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome. Here is the election ...

With Pope Francis's funeral drawing more than 200,000 expected attendees on Saturday, interest in the papal succession ...

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and first Latin American pontiff, died Monday at the age of 88, the ...

The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...

The highly secretive papal conclave has previously taken hours, days, months and even years to select the next leader of the Catholic Church.

The pontiff’s death ends a reign that changed the Catholic Church. The process of electing his successor will likely center ...

Faithful around the world are reflecting on Pope Francis' life following his death at 88 years old. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin ...

After the Monday morning death of Pope Francis, eyes are turned to the election of a new pope, a sacred centuries-old process shrouded in secrecy. The last time the College of Cardinals gathered ...