Both the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano and the Avvenire daily of the Italian bishops conference gave “Conclave” rave reviews. Granted, those reviews were published before Francis entered the ...

Until each man turns 80, he’ll be part of the group of special bishops known as the College of Cardinals, or papal conclave, ...

Conclave is formed from the Latin words for ... The Council of Chalcedon, a gathering of bishops in 451, forbade clerics from seizing a dead bishop’s belongings, at risk of losing their ...

No letters or newspapers are permitted during the conclave. Cardinals are bishops and Vatican officials from around the world, typically chosen by the pope himself. They distinguish themselves ...