A PLUME of black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling the first ballot of ...

Crowds were gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter's Square in Vatican City for the first vote of conclave.

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

Crowds of Catholics and tourists gathered in St Peter's Square in the Vatican are training their eyes on the Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

The 2025 papal conclave is underway. Who will be the new pope when the white smoke settles? Who is the odds-on favorite? Are there Indiana ties? What we know.

The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool ...

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

May 7 was the first full day of the papal conclave, in which 135 cardinals are sequestered from the outside world until they ...

The 2025 papal conclave continues, and more black smoke rose from the chimney to alert that a new pope has not been chosen.