The 133 cardinals in the conclave will participate in as many as four rounds of voting a day until a two-thirds majority is ...

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

For the second time since the papal conclave began, black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that ...

They then fold the ballot, hold it up for visibility and carry it to the altar, where a chalice covered by a plate awaits.

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

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

It is said the chosen name of a pontiff can be the ‘first indication of what the direction of the papacy might be’.

The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

"You have to trust the process … you don't want them to rush it," said Elizabeth Whelan of Newfoundland, Canada.

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...

The 133 cardinals eligible to participate in the secretive process will convene behind closed doors at the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to begin voting for the successor to Pope Francis.

Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday — and more broadly from the Church’s entire global priesthood — some ...