A cardinal brought a mobile phone inside the top-secret conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV last year in a massive security ...

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - The secret conclave that elected Pope Leo head of the Catholic Church ...

“Conclave” the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope. But last year’s real-life conclave was just as dramatic, with plenty of plot ...

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

“Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a ...

A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.

Clerics taking part in a conclave take a vow not to communicate with the outside world and surrender their phones and all other communication devices during proceedings.

From the longest and shortest elections to the origin of the required vow of secrecy, here are some facts about the centuries-old process. NBC Universal, Inc. Here are some facts about conclaves past, ...