Conclave Has Also Seen A Viewership Bump On Peacock Conclave , a movie about the gathering to choose the new Pope, saw a 283% viewership increase immediately following the death of Pope Francis.

Cardinals have chosen May 7 as the date to start conclave and elect a new leader for 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, the Vatican announced. The date for the papal election was decided on ...

The unofficial conclave has already begun. Cardinals in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral have been having informal discussions about the future leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, a ...

Funeral rites for the late pope are expected to be held for nine days following his burial. It is customary for the conclave to be held 15 to 20 days after the pope's death, but until now the Holy ...

The conclave to elect a new pope will begin on May 7, the Vatican said on Monday. Why it matters: The results of the papal election will determine priorities during the next stage of the Catholic ...

After Pope Francis' April 21 death, the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders began preparing to gather and select a successor. The gathering, which is set to commence this week for the first ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of Pope Francis’ enduring legacies was that he greatly expanded the diversity of cardinals who will elect his successor, naming “princes of the church” from faraway ...

The Catholic Church is grieving throughout the world, including in Maryland, after the death of Pope Francis, who died Monday at the age of 88.

As Pope Francis continues to recover from bronchitis in hospital, many have begun to wonder what the process would be if he were to step down on health grounds like his predecessor, Pope Benedict ...