It was Franco-Italian strife that tainted the conclave following the death of Pope Gregory XI. The home of the papacy had switched to France in 1309 and had remained in Avignon for decades until ...

Pope Francis was elected just one day after the 2013 conclave, but on the flip side, the longest conclave in history lasted nearly three years with the election of Pope Gregory X in 1271, ...

If chosen as the next pope, he would be the first Frenchman to hold the position since Gregory XI died in 1378. Aveline, who was born in Algeria under French colonial rule but grew up in Marseille ...

In 1922 when Pius XI was elected, it took five days and 14 ... months in some cases and nearly three years for the election of Pope Gregory X in the 13th century. As the 2025 conclave call ...