Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method — a system known as the Papal conclave.

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Francis died Monday morning at 7:35 a.m. Central European Summer Time, or 1:35 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the Vatican announcement. He had been pope for 12 years after ascending to the head of ...