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How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave

By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross

With the death of Pope Francis, attention now turns to the selection of his successor. The next pope will be chosen in what is called a “conclave,” a Latin word meaning “a room that can be locked up,” or, more simply, “a closed room.”

Members of the College of Cardinals will cast their votes behind the closed and locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine…

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