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Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...
In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.
Cardinals vote again after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The assembled cardinals vote up to four times a ...
Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as cardinals fail to elect new pope - A record 133 cardinals from 70 countries ...
Group of faithful arrive at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican where 133 cardinals gather on the second day of the conclave to ...
A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...
Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...
In some cases, cardinal electors in a papal conclave vote for the papabili cardinals, but it is not always so, as in the ...
The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.
Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.
The first day of the papal conclave ended without a new pope, as black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney. The 133 ...
Filipino bishop Luis Antonio Tagle, aka 'Asian Francis', is one of the favorites bidding to win the conclave vote.