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

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

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

Beginning Thursday, the cardinals will hold four votes each day: two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Each round of ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Wednesday, signaling that the College of Cardinals had not elected a pope.

Over 45,000 people have watched on as black smoke poured from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling a stalemate ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

The secretive conclave to elect a new pope got underway in the Vatican on Wednesday.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” ...

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

The ballots are burned after each vote and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that was built on top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the voting will ...

The 133 cardinals electing the new Catholic Church's new leader will vote again on May 8. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...