Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Beginning Thursday, the cardinals will hold four votes each day: two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Each round of ...

Every cardinal has their idea on who the next pope should be, which is the reason why this conclave might go a bit longer ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib shared a glimpse into his pre-conclave prep on Instagram, posting a video of himself washing his own white shirt before voting began ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by ...

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...

Thousands people were awaiting the smoke from St Peter's Square at the end of the first day of the secretive vote by 133 cardinals for the next leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

Some of the Catholic cardinals watched the Oscar-winning papal election drama “Conclave” to prepare for this week’s real-life Vatican election.

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney just after 3 p.m. ET, marking a first ballot cast at the end of the first day of the conclave. There are 133 cardinal electors ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...