Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ...

The election for a new pope continues as black smoke above the Sistine Chapel signals that the cardinals have cast their ...

The name "Franciscus" is seen engraved on the tomb of Pope Francis inside the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The interletter spacing, or kerning, of the engraving has come under scrutiny from ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, meaning that a new pope was not ...

The Vatican is streaming live views of St. Peter's Square on its YouTube channel, NBC offers a "smoke cam," and CNN created a ...

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope filed into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday (May 7), before locking ...

Hailing from 70 different countries, the 133-strong group of cardinals gathered in the Vatican for the centuries old-ritual ...

Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for ...