FILE - Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave to ...

Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.

A papal conclave is set to begin in Vatican City starting May 7, during which cardinals from around the world will elect the ...

Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first day of the conclave.

The Catholic Church doesn't have a new Pop as the first day of the conclave ends with the cardinals not electing a successor ...

Discover how the Catholic Church selects its next pope, including the secretive rituals of the papal conclave, key figures to ...

The next pope will inherit a soaring deficit and culture of financial malpractice that Francis tried and failed to solve even ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Cardinals will gather on 7 May in a conclave in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. Here is a brief glossary of ...

As the papal conclave gets underway in Vatican City, Holy Cross Catholic Church pastor Father Noah Carter recalls his experience studying there as a seminarian during the 2013 election of Pope Francis ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu and others are accused of corruption, money laundering and extortion related to a luxury investment by ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.