Yes, the cardinal electors have chosen a new pope, but there's a process before the new pontiff greets the faithful. Here's ...

When Gregory died two years later ... he was not about to let it slip through his fingers,” Baumgartner wrote. Pope Urban VI turned out to be violent and mentally disturbed.

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become the next pope.

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November ... and Francis (Argentine in 2013). Alexander VI, elected in 1492, was Spanish; Gregory III, elected in 731, was Syrian; Adrian ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...