The highly secretive meeting - the Conclave - to choose the next pope takes place inside the Sistine Chapel. It can take days ...

Pope Francis created many changes to the Catholic Church, including the opportunity to elevate women to positions of power.

A new pope will be selected to lead the Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis. The pope is chosen during a ...

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria ...

The pontiff, who died on Easter Monday aged 88, had a special relationship with the church, and landed on it as his final ...

After a pope dies – or in very rare cases, resigns – the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral ...

Papal experts have lauded the Oscar-nominated film as one of the more accurate depictions of the closed-door Vatican ...