While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pope on Wednesday.

And they will determine whether the adage "fat pope, thin pope" holds true or whether the next leader of the Catholic Church ...

With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

One conclave in the 13th century took nearly three years. Others took just one day. Pope Francis was elected on the second ...