Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...

Americans think we are ruder than ever, but generational differences in values, particularly when it comes to swearing, ...

Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

But beneath the sacred decor, conclaves have long been arenas of ruthless political manoeuvring. The first conclave held in the chapel, in 1492, elected one of the most unscrupulous popes, Alexander ...

The papal conclave is the secret electoral process to elect a new pope. What are the traditions, and what is different this ...