Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

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

A giant screen in St Peter's Basilica shows Vatican Master of Ceremonies Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli closing the doors ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

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

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...

With no candidate securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the world will need to wait longer for a new ...

The Bates group has spent their days visiting archaeological sites around Rome, but they’ve also joined the crowds in St.

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...