The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” or, more simply, “a closed room.” Members of the College of Cardinals ...

The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a College of Cardinals that is ... at this week’s general congregations, where cardinals are meeting ahead of the conclave, with Italians leading within the continent.

They are known as the cardinal electors, and their number is 135. According to the United States Council of Catholic Bishops, before the conclave, the College of Cardinals, which includes 252 ...

The conclave to elect the next pope will open ... This important decision was made by 180 of the 252 members of the College of Cardinals. This means that on the morning of May 7, the cardinal ...

But the composition of today's College of Cardinals — and the electors who will form the all-important conclave — is unlike any that came before. Not every cardinal can vote in the conclave ...

Cardinal Arborelius said that, although he would appreciate a papal visit from Pope Leo XIV, he hopes that the new pope will ...

The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the conclave next week to elect the next pope, acknowledging the “enormity of ...

of whom 135 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive public list of cardinal electors). The College of Cardinals traces its origins to the early centuries of the ...

The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the conclave next week to elect the next pope, acknowledging the “enormity of ...