Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

The most recent pope buried there was Benedict XVI ... Before him, Popes Paul V, Clement VIII, Sixtus V, Pius V, Nicholas IV, and Honorius III were all interred there between the 13th and 17th ...

It took him four years. Michelangelo later received a commission from Pope Clement VII to paint the wall behind the altar with a rendering of the Last Judgment. In his biography of Michelangelo ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — “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 ...

Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early ... the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII ...

Cardinals attend a Mass on the fifth of nine days of mourning for the late Pope Francis ... antipopes during the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII.