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

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Here’s what to know.

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

Crowds of people gathered to enter St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for day two of the papal conclave on Thursday.

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 ...

The next person elected pope in the papal conclave will need at least 89 votes in order to achieve the majority from the College of Cardinals.

The first papal conclave in 12 years begins on Wednesday at the Vatican after a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. At 4:30 ...

The first papal conclave in 12 years begins on Wednesday at the Vatican after a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. At 4:30 ...

Up to four rounds of voting can take place each full day of conclave, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.