For Catholics and non-Catholics alike, fascination with the pope and rituals such as the papal conclave continue to transfix ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

The Oscar-winning film is about the papal selection process. But how accurate is it to real life? Rev. Thomas Reese and ...

This gathering of cardinals culminates in a visual signal that captures the world’s attention: the smoke billowing from a chimney above ... residence in the Casa Santa Marta within Vatican ...

takes place in a no-external contact environment with all the Cardinals under the age of 80 until they reach a two-thirds majority consensus. White smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the ...

Sometimes he’s navigating down a large stone chimney, and other times he’s fitting into a small apartment. Santa can’t afford ... small internal team or an external utility-knife freelancer.