The conclaves to choose the last two popes -- Pope Benedict in 2005 and Francis in 2013 -- each lasted two days. It took three days to elect Pope John Paul II in 1978. Francis, who died last ...

The last three conclaves, held in 2013, 2005 and 1978, each concluded within two days. Each day features two rounds of voting, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

He died in April 2005 at age 84, after 26 years in the ... All of the conclaves since the 1900s have lasted less than four days — the last conclave to run more than five days was in 1831 ...

The cardinal of Baghdad, Louis Raphael Sako, reportedly told journalists at the Vatican on Tuesday that he expects a "short conclave" that could select Pope Francis' successor in as little as two ...