US President Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself as the pope, prompting accusations of poor taste in the Roman ...

But papal betting has a long history. Roman banking houses were taking bets as far back as 1503. Alessandro Damasceni Peretti ...

The movie "Conclave" paints a mostly accurate picture of the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope, save for an ...

There is no limit as to how long a conclave can last when electing a new Pope. One vote will be held on the first day of ...

Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, the former archbishop of Philadelphia, is outside the age cutoff for the conclave to select ...

In the pre-conclave process, cardinals – played by the likes of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow in the film – ...

Pope Francis's death at the age of 88 means the Catholic Church must choose a new leader. Here's how cardinals elect the next ...

"And so it is what is, I guess, but it's very unfortunate," said Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey S. Grob. "It's a very serious ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has ...

Robert Harris praises the secret process of electing Pope Francis's success, saying political parties could learn from it.

From cash bets on websites to online games and casual wagers among friends, experts and participants say the popularity of ...