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

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

There have been 13 previous popes named Leo, the last elected in 1878. Previous Leos have been reformers, a possible sign of ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 ... Pope Francis was elected in 2013 on the fifth ballot, Benedict XVI won in 2005 on the fourth and Pope Pius XII won on ...

in honor of Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). The last to use that name was Gregory XVI in 1831. Benedict which was chosen 16 times, including by Francis ...

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s.