The pope's new name will be analyzed for its connections to history, religious meaning, and for clues on the church's future ...

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

Sequestered cardinals are deliberating for a second day inside Vatican City as they attempt to pick a new pope. They haven't ...

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

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

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

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

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

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

Because the ballots are only burned once in the morning and once in the evening, the smoke signals will likely be seen around ...

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

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 ...