The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor ...

Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope will be, on March ...

The church is divided. The problem is to find the one who unites, not pretend that it isn’t divided,” one church historian ...

As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

Even as the Catholic Church observes a nine-day period of mourning after Pope Francis was buried on Saturday, speculations ...

A date hasn't been set for the conclave to choose the next pope, but discussions about the church's future have almost certainly begun behind the scenes. CBS News New York's Bradley Blackburn reports.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Philip Shenon, author of "Jesus Wept: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church," about how Pope Francis' legacy will shape the upcoming conclave.