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The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.
The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of ...
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic ...
Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...
A top cardinal announces a new pope has been elected, uttering the words “Habemus papam!” Latin for “We have a pope!” from ...
Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.
A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...
By the year 1550, ravioli, whole chickens and pies were some of the foods banned from being eaten in a conclave, as they were ...