The death or resignation of a pope starts a conclave, a centuries-old ritual of electing a successor that involves sacred ...

Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88.

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

The death or resignation of a pope starts a conclave, a centuries-old ritual of electing a successor that involves sacred ...