In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.

The BBC has taken a look back at archive footage from the outcomes of previous conclaves, as far back as Pope Pius XII in 1939 through to Pope Francis in 2013. See the moment each pope's election was ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

For much of the past century, a conclave has required between three and 14 ballots to find a pope. John Paul I — the pope who ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as cardinals fail to elect new pope - A record 133 cardinals from 70 countries ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Yesterday, black smoke arose from the Sistine Chapel, meaning that Catholics worldwide will have to wait a little longer to ...

Cardinals closed in the Sistine Chapel to elect the new pope cast their first ballot Wednesday while a massive crowd gathered ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to ...

A baseball signed by Pope Francis is set to fetch up to $15k at auction – during the conclave to decide the next pontiff.

One hundred thirty three cardinals will gather again on Thursday under the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, which are ...

Because the ballots are only burned once in the morning and once in the evening, the smoke signals will likely be seen around ...