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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as cardinals fail to elect new pope - A record 133 cardinals from 70 countries ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Yesterday, black smoke arose from the Sistine Chapel, meaning that Catholics worldwide will have to wait a little longer to ...

Almost all of the 133 cardinals choosing the next pope are staying at the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse, which enjoyed a ...