ROME — With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a wrench ...

In addition to "internal" pressures, a pattern emerged of mobs sacking the goods of the dead pope—sometimes ... history when a cardinal asks Dean Lawrence, the man presiding over the conclave ...

The institution of the conclave is the formal process by which a pope is elected. As cardinals cast their secret ballots ... papal elections for much of the Church’s history.

In addition to “internal” pressures, a pattern emerged of mobs sacking the goods of the dead pope – sometimes ... history when a cardinal asks Dean Lawrence, the man presiding over the ...