The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” or, more simply, “a closed room.” Members of the College of Cardinals ...

They are known as the cardinal electors, and their number is 135. According to the United States Council of Catholic Bishops, before the conclave, the College of Cardinals, which includes 252 ...

But the composition of today's College of Cardinals — and the electors who will form the all-important conclave — is unlike any that came before. Not every cardinal can vote in the conclave ...

The conclave to elect the next pope will open ... This important decision was made by 180 of the 252 members of the College of Cardinals. This means that on the morning of May 7, the cardinal ...

Within 20 days of the pope’s death, a conclave consisting of 120 cardinals ... “completely reshaped the makeup” of the College of Cardinals, the newer members of which were “extremely ...

indicating that more voting lies ahead amid the ongoing papal conclave. The cardinals will reconvene in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning to begin a second round of voting. The College of ...

The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the conclave next week to elect the next pope, acknowledging the “enormity of ...

of whom 135 were eligible to vote in a papal conclave (though there is no definitive public list of cardinal electors). The College of Cardinals traces its origins to the early centuries of the ...

The College of Cardinals on Wednesday called on Catholics around the world to pray for them as they prepare to enter the conclave next week to elect the next pope, acknowledging the “enormity of ...