You put any franchise and its plot on paper and, more often than not, you can make sense of what you’re reading. Sure, there may be some plot holes or continuity errors, but there are no ...

The longest conclave on record dragged on for nearly three years. Pope Gregory X was finally elected in September of 1271 after about 1,000 days.

The death of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and first person from the New World chosen to lead the Roman Catholic Church, now requires those Cardinals under 80 to gather, as Pope Gregory X decreed ...

The longest conclave ever took two years, nine months and two days, ending with the election of Gregory X on Sept. 1, 1271. Over the last 100 years, the longest conclave took 14 ballots ...

Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700,” and interviews with experts ...

The election of Pope Gregory X lasted from 1268 to 1271, according to the portal. Forty-two percent of U.S. Catholics said they wanted whomever is elected to carry on the teachings of Pope Francis ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal election by “compromise,” after a long struggle between supporters ...

But on the flip side, the longest conclave in history took nearly three years with the election of Pope Gregory X in 1271. Here's how to watch the conclave in California, including major ...

Pope Francis was elected just one day after the 2013 conclave, but on the flip side, the longest conclave in history lasted nearly three years with the election of Pope Gregory X in 1271 ...