Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a ...

For nearly 180 years, papal conclaves have chosen a new pope in three to five days. In centuries past, they've taken a lot ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include Venice being excommunicated, the construction on Salisbury Cathedral, and the birth of Father Francis Duffy.

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

This marks the first pope from the United States. Prévost will go by the papal name Pope ... The shortest conclave was 10 ...

Apocryphal accounts persist of Julius II, the so-called “Warrior Pope”, leading a charge over the walls of Bologna in 1506. At the same time popes, and Catholic policy, had profound ...

However, a later pontiff, Pope Julius II, commissioned works by Michelangelo, who painted the ceiling and vaults depicting scenes from Genesis, including The Creation of Adam, between 1508 and 1512.

Post-1274, the shortest conclave is the 1503 election of Pope Julius II, elected in under ten hours. In modern days, conclaves typically last under a few days; Pope Francis was elected after just ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will gather on May 7 to elect a new pope in one of the ... Michelangelo was commissioned by Julius II to paint the ceiling ...