Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a ...

Cardinals are set to begin the conclave to choose the next Pope, but there's several facts about the secret vote that may not be known.

The conclave following the death of Pope Pius VI was held in Venice after Napoleon’s army invaded Italy. When the French army seized control of the papal treasury, the troops discovered the ...

In 1779-80, Napoleon’s occupation of Rome forced the conclave to meet in Venice. The next four conclaves, in 1823, 1829, 1830-31 and 1846, were based in the Cappella Paolina of the pope’s ...

This territorial buffer around Rome at its height bordered the territories of Florence, Naples, Milan and Venice ... a letter out of his conclave thanking a benefactor for their donations to his ...

VATICAN CITY >> If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week’s conclave, then things are not going to plan.

The quickest conclave observing the 10-day wait rule appears to have been the 1503 election of Pope Julius II ... Arezzo and Venice in Italy, and Konstanz, Germany, and Lyon, France.

The quickest conclave observing the 10-day wait rule appears to have been the 1503 election of Pope Julius II ... Arezzo and Venice in Italy, and Konstanz, Germany, and Lyon, France.

The quickest conclave observing the 10-day wait rule appears to have been the 1503 election of Pope Julius II ... Arezzo and Venice in Italy, and Konstanz, Germany, and Lyon, France.