Potential successors to Pope Francis are Ghana’s Peter Turkson, Luis Tagle of the Philippines and Hungary’s Peter Erdo.

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor, the piercing ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, just a day after making a much-anticipated appearance at Saint Peter's Sq ...

A USA TODAY reporter recalls covering the last conclave when Pope Francis was selected. What to expect if you go to Rome for the papal funeral, more.

Yesterday, it dawned on us: playoff refereeing is back. In the playoffs, referees have a reputation for putting away whistles ...

The pope's death now sets off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects. That will be followed by a ...

There are time-honoured rituals, some shrouded in secrecy, and a series of carefully planned events that are likely to take ...

Approximately 138 eligible Cardinals worldwide, all under the age of 80, are expected to elect a new Pope to succeed Pope Francis.Reports indicate that Francis appointed two-thirds of these cardinal ...

Pope Francis was unlike any of his predecessors – not least because he was the first to write an autobiography while still in office, writes Catherine Pepinster. But while he used the book to admits ...