In a process that can last days, weeks, or even years, popes are elected by cardinals under strict oaths of silence.

Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff, died at age 88 after a cerebral stroke. Francis stressed humility over hubris ...

From the Camerlengo formally calling out the Pope’s baptismal name three times to confirm ...

At 88 years old, Pope Francis died, the Vatican announced on April 21. His cause of death was a cerebral stroke which put him in a coma followed by heart failure, his death certificate states. “At ...

Files,” he worked for Britain’s defense ministry and became a leading commentator on extraterrestrial matters.