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Angels and Demons,' 'The New Pope' and 'The Two Popes' all feature stories about the head of the Catholic Church.

Since the beginnings of the Catholic Church, the choice of a papal name has never been trivial. It often reflects a spiritual ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the next head of the Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the US and took ...

From St. Peter to Pope Francis, the history of the papacy in the Catholic Church spans more than two thousand years. The pope ...

Throughout history, there’s been so much drama at the top of the Catholic Church, it’s no wonder the movie Conclave was a ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals began meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor.

The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

The death of Clement IV (1268) opened a 33-month period of sede vacante, the longest in history. Once the cardinals were ...