Netizens called on the Catholic faithful to pray for "patience' as black smoke billowed for the second time from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, ...

Thick black smoke billowed Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church. Among the ...

Pre-Trial Chamber has ordered the prosecution to submit its written observations on the challenge earlier raised by former ...

It seems it's not just Catholics who are eagerly awaiting the outcome of the conclave, as even seagulls sat atop the Sistine ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for a conclave to elect a ...

Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- ...

Conclave watching turned out to be a perfect aperitivo activity. Caffè Centrale, on the main drag of the Veneto hometown of ...

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

Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Thursday branded as an act of cruelty the reported plan of the United  States to ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday (Manila time), which means that no pope was elected in the first ...

They wore habits before the tiara. Meet the warrior monks, reformers, and thinkers from Catholic orders who left an indelible ...