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

One hundred thirty three cardinals will gather again on Thursday under the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, which are ...

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

The conclave officially commences Wednesday, May 7 at 4 a.m. ET (10 a.m. in Rome) with a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica. The ...

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

The papal conclave will soon gather for an evening vote to pick the next head of the Catholic Church. Twice now, black smoke ...

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

The College of Cardinals began meeting Wednesday to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two-thirds majority is ...

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 papal conclave is the secret electoral process to elect a new pope. What are the traditions, and what is different this ...

Italian-American Catholic priest Robert Sirico, who was recently interviewed about the papal conclave, has a very famous ...

Voting is currently underway at the Vatican, in a secret ballot to elect a new Pope. Black smoke emanated from the chimney ...