The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

Some of the top candidates, ranked by Italian Vatican watcher Gaetano Masciullo and Vaticanists Edward Pentin and Diane ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

What happens when a Pope dies is a hugely choreographed and rehearsed series of events, that have been replicated over the ...

The secretive process will see Catholic cardinals vote on who will become the new pope and take the reins of the 1.39 billion ...

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one. It involves sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots ...