The cardinals will now return to the Vatican residences where they are being sequestered for lunch. After that, they will go back to the Sistine Chapel...
Under the conclave's rules, a two-thirds majority is required to elect the next pontiff.
With no official campaign nor list of candidates and an election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning...
Each cardinal will have sworn an oath of lifelong secrecy, as will every staff member supporting the process—from doctors and dining staff to Vatican officials. Anyone...
Conclave fever is also a reflection of the Vatican's successful turn to digital communications in recent years to build bonds with younger generations.
But no one can predict how voting will go once the cardinals are shut inside the Sistine Chapel and begin an open-ended series of votes seeking...
