Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

Explore the history of papal conclaves, from the longest and shortest elections to how we'll know when a new pope is chosen.

The conclave to elect a new pope has begun, but how long will it last? Here's the longest and shortest a conclave has lasted ...

The Sistine Chapel, with its awe-inspiring Renaissance frescoes, is a majestic stage for the Catholic Church’s most sacred ritual: the election of a new pope. But beneath the sacred decor, conclaves ...

A guide to history’s most unusual Conclaves - as the next papal election begins - The history of papal elections features ...

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

Although some historical conclaves have lasted as long as three years, many experts predict that the Catholic church could ...

The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...

America' is covering its 10th papal conclave this week—and while the technology has changed, the content remains much the ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney at the Sistine Chapel Thursday, signaling the election of a new Pope to lead the Roman ...

Throughout the 20th century, only two conclaves lasted up to five days − Pope Pius X's election in 1903 and Pope Pius XI's ...