As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to vote for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, and it ...

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

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

Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the 133 Catholic cardinal ...

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not ...

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

The Catholic church's eligible cardinals are behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel for a secret vote to elect a successor ...

The historic - and secretive - tradition of the papal conclave is taking place to elect Pope Francis' successor.

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

That year, arranging the funeral and the conclave cost the Vatican some seven million euros, according to a report published ...

“The film is seen as remarkably accurate even by cardinals," said the cleric, adding that the Edward Berger-directed film has been useful “at a time when so many of the conclave participants have ...