It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...

In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV’s successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church’s history.