What Austen Ivereigh calls “the Francis effect” – the change of style and mood from the John Paul and Benedict pontificates ... percentage of the world’s bishops.

First of all, the conclave has a rule that if the voting takes too long, then a pope can be elected with a 50+1 percent of ...

As different as a papal election is from every other kind of election in the modern world, each conclave nonetheless has an ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

This starkly contrasts with the elevated biers used for his predecessors, Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. This shift ...

What caused the College of Cardinals — the roughly 120 bishops charged with electing the pope — to go in a different ...

but you guys being so supportive and being here means the world to us,” said Gonzalez. Amber Benedict’s husband, Paul Benedict, is still in the hospital recovering from his injuries.

While Cardinal Vincent Nichols now holds Murphy-O’Connor’s former position, he has adopted a different approach to the ...

They came from around the world to rejoice in the naming of the first millennial saint but ended up bidding farewell to Pope ...

each of whom has marked a different chapter in the teenager’s short life and legacy. Carlo went on pilgrimage to see John Paul II, offered up his suffering from cancer for Benedict XVI ...

During his enrollment in the seminary, Ratzinger was drafted into World War ... concerns, Benedict, in 2013, was the first pontiff to resign the papacy in 600 years. Pope John Paul II, born ...

Each elector swears an oath to protect the church’s freedom and the secrecy of the conclave. As the last oath is complete, the master of ceremonies chants “Extra omnes,” meaning “Everyone out.” ...