Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The cardinals have gathered in Vatican City to choose the 267th pope. St Peter, regarded as the first pope, was elected ...

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

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...

Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church made their first vote inside the Sistine Chapel ...

The College of Cardinals have convened for the papal conclave. Several of these cardinals are watching the movie for advice ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...

Black smoke was seen over the Vatican on Wednesday, May 7, indicating no decision had been reached yet in the election for a ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...