With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

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

Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...

All eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday to see if black or white smoke emerges on the first day of the ...

Black smoke was seen emanating from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel Wednesday evening indicating no new pope was elected during the first round of voting. NBC News' Anne Thompson, Molly Hunter and ...

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

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a process designed to be both contemplative and free from outside ...