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

Explore the history of papal conclaves, from the longest and shortest elections to how we'll know when a new pope is chosen.

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

A guide to history’s most unusual Conclaves - as the next papal election begins - The history of papal elections features some surprising incidents ...

Cardinal-electors take an oath to maintain “absolute and perpetual secrecy” concerning “all matters directly or indirectly ...

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

Intelligence agencies have long gathered information to help their governments get a sense of who the next pope might be ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has begun, but how long will it last? Here's the longest and shortest a conclave has lasted in history.

In case you were wondering if this concern was a new one, the second issue ever of America featured an editorial on papal conclaves in which the editors argued (wait for it) that Austria ...

The special chimney that gets temporarily installed every conclave dates back to the 1700s, according to ... the New Pope? Fact-Checking the Oscar-Winning Movie However, as conclaves came and ...