It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

How long will the conclave last? Who is eligible to become pope? And why is everything so secretive? We answer your burning ...

The youthful 67-year-old emerging as a favourite to be the next pope - Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle likes to be ...

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

Cardinals hailing from 71 different countries are eligible to elect a pope this week in the most geographically diverse ...

A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist ...

Four frontrunners have emerged as the most likely contenders known as papabile to succeed Pope Francis but at least a dozen ...

A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” (with a key) to ...

The College of Cardinals gathers this week to elect the next pope to lead the Catholic Church. But what preparations go into setting up the rare, secretive event?

Joel Hodge says it is possible a pope from a non-Catholic-majority country could be elected. (Supplied: Australian Catholic ...

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