At almost 8pm on the nose on Wednesday, clouds of black smoke appeared over the Vatican. That meant that the first ballot in ...

The election of a new pope has begun following the death of Pope Francis last month. The secret conclave of 131 Catholic ...

Cardinals will return to the Sistine Chapel to resume voting this morning to decide who will be the next leader of the ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The ...

There is no set limit on how long a conclave can last. In the early days, voting was held daily, with breaks permitted if no ...

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

Of all the ceremonies associated with electing a new pope, the one most familiar to the general public is the smoke that emanates from a stovepipe chi ...

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

The cardinals can vote twice Thursday morning and twice in the afternoon. If no one collects a two-thirds majority, the ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

As cardinals prepare to meet to select the next pope, many are wondering what stance his successor will take on social issues ...

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.