In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV's successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church's history. It's also ...

The shortest conclave in known history lasted just 10 hours and ended with the election of Pope Julius II in 1503. More recently, as in the last 100 years, the shortest conclaves lasted a day when ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The pomp and ceremony of a papal conclave — the flutter of cardinals ... most historians would agree was the worst period in the history of the papacy,” Frederic J. Baumgartner wrote in ...

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

Cardinal Arborelius said that, although he would appreciate a papal visit from Pope Leo XIV, he hopes that the new pope will ...

By Jed Nelson There are moments in history that are so important, so joyful or tragic that we remember exactly where we were or what we were doing when the news was broken to us. The moment the TV ...

Pilgrims from the Philadelphia region mourned during the funeral of Pope Francis and celebrated the election of Pope Leo XIV ...