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The 30 pages that link to Papal conclave, each with the reason it gives.

• Papal StatesRelated: A new pope inherited temporal government as well as leadership of the Catholic Church.

• PopeRelated: It is the formal process that fills the papal office after a vacancy.

• First Vatican CouncilRelated: After the council, its teachings became a focal point in disputes surrounding papal authority.

• St. Peter's BasilicaRelated: The basilica is used for Mass before cardinals enter the conclave in the Sistine Chapel.

• Papal legateRelated: Special legates can represent the pope at events where his presence is impossible or inappropriate.

• Pope Sixtus IVRelated: The 1471 conclave elected Francesco della Rovere as Sixtus IV.

• Elective monarchyRelated: The papacy is an enduring elective office with monarchical features, though it is not a hereditary crown.

• Renaissance papacyRelated: The election of each pope shaped the alliances and interests governing the institution.

• Sistine ChapelRelated: The chapel becomes the sealed voting venue during a papal election.

• St. Peter's SquareRelated: Crowds assemble in the square to learn the conclave's outcome and greet the new pope.

• AntipopeRelated: Disputes over elections to this office have produced rival claimants.

• SedevacantismRelated: A disputed vacancy raises the question of who could lawfully elect a successor.

• Vatican Apostolic ArchiveRelated: Archival records illuminate the procedures and political contexts of past elections.

• Clement VIIRelated: The disputed circumstances of the 1378 conclave became central to Clement’s claim to the papacy.

• Pope Pius VIIIRelated: Cardinals elected Castiglioni on 31 March 1829.

• Prisoner in the VaticanRelated: Conclaves held in the Vatican underscored that papal succession continued despite the territorial dispute.

• Pope Pius IIIRelated: His death triggered another conclave within weeks of the one that elected him.