Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday (May 7) from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

In some cases, cardinal electors in a papal conclave vote for the papabili cardinals, but it is not always so, as in the ...

Cardinals have been locked inside the Sistine Chapel for a second day to elect a new pope—watch our live stream of the chimney.

THE second day of the secretive Conclave has begun after black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on ...