Cardinals entered St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday to celebrate a final Mass before the conclave to elect the next pope. The ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.

The BBC has taken a look back at archive footage from the outcomes of previous conclaves, as far back as Pope Pius XII in 1939 through to Pope Francis in 2013. See the moment each pope's election was ...

The next vote will take place at approximately 17:30 (16:30 BST) - black smoke signals no decision has been reached, white ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 cardinal ...

Black smoke appears above Sistine Chapel for second time as next Pope remains undecided - It comes after the 133 cardinal ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter's ...

Filipino bishop Luis Antonio Tagle, aka 'Asian Francis', is one of the favorites bidding to win the conclave vote.

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

For much of the past century, a conclave has required between three and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I — the pope who ...