The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel again on Thursday morning released a plume of black smoke, signaling that the ...

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

The cardinals, who broke for lunch and will reconvene this afternoon, are expected to continue casting ballots at the Vatican ...

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

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

Cardinals gather in secret after Pope Francis's burial to elect a new leader. The world watches for smoke from the Sistine ...

Black smoke poured out from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, indicating that the cardinals have not been able to pick a new ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...