Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

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 ...

The conclave — where cardinals worldwide converge in Vatican City to elect a new pontiff, following Pope Francis' death — will begin May 7, according to the Vatican ...

The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on Wednesday, bringing cardinals from all over the world to select the 267th pope.

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will take place in the Sistine Chapel, with ballots continuing in succession until ...

Two cardinals, Michael Czerny and Chibly Langlois, sat down with ABC News to discuss the challenges facing the church that the new pope will have to face.

The conclave takes place in the Sistine Chapel, behind sealed doors. Along with all Vatican staff involved ... in two or three days. In 2013, Pope Francis was elected after five ballots held ...

The conclave to select the next pope will ... by papal spokesman Matteo Bruni following the April 21 death of Pope Francis. The Vatican also announced "the Sistine Chapel will be closed to the ...

As cardinal electors from around the world retreat to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on ... Before he was named Pope Francis, as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Bergoglio gave a short speech to ...

according to the Vatican. Pope Francis was the 266th pope in the Roman Catholic Church’s nearly 2000-year history. The first pope was St. Peter, the apostle of Jesus Christ. The conclave ...

For nearly 180 years, papal conclaves have chosen a new pope in three to five days. In centuries past, they've taken a lot longer.

Before he was named Pope Francis, as archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Bergoglio gave a short speech to other cardinals before the 2013 conclave began, in which he called for the church “to come ...