The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said "Franciscus" – the pope's name in Latin – inside the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

As he prepares to enter the seclusion of a conclave to elect a new pope, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 on April 21, setting off a series of centuries-old rituals to select a new leader of the Catholic ...

Hundreds of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, a day after Pope Francis' funeral, for another ceremony to ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the new bishop of Rome.

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within ...

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of official mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect ...

Cardinals this week will start in-depth discussions on planning the conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor ...

A date hasn't been set for the conclave to choose the next pope, but discussions about the church's future have almost certainly begun behind the scenes. CBS News New York's Bradley Blackburn reports.

Once the conclave begins, cardinals will vote twice in the morning and twice in the evening until they make a selection.

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...