The pope's new name will be analyzed for its connections to history, religious meaning, and for clues on the church's future ...

Cardinals vote again after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The assembled cardinals vote up to four times a ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.

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

They burn the ballot papers and mix them with chemicals to show how proceedings are going -- black signalling no pope and ...

The crowd outside St. Peter's Basilica erupted as black smoke began to seep from the Sistine Chapel Wednesday night.

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 ...

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 cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

Filipino bishop Luis Antonio Tagle, aka 'Asian Francis', is one of the favorites bidding to win the conclave vote.

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 ...