Caritas in Veritate - or Charity in Truth - is Benedict XVI's third Encyclical Letter.
Spe Salvi - or Saved by Hope - is Benedict XVI's second Encyclical Letter.
Deus Caritas Est - or God is Love - is Benedict XVI's first Encyclical Letter.
The Latin announcement Habemus Papam! - "We Have a Pope!"
Details about the level of secrecy Cardinals maintain during Conclave.
What happens upon a deadlock vote?
The voting process to elect a new Pope.
The institution of the Conclave is the mechanism by which a new pope is elected.
Details about the College of Cardinals during the vacancy of the Apostolic See
Since 1059, the election of the Pope has been reserved to the cardinals alone.
Details of the procedures followed immediately after the death of a Pope.