Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

When Gregory died two years later ... The cardinals admitted they didn’t mean to elect him and went on to elect Pope Clement VII. But Urban VI wasn’t going away, and the church had two ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 ... The most prominent antipopes during the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII.

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

When a new pope is elected, one of his first decisions is to choose a regnal name — a symbolic gesture that reveals spiritual ...

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