Cardinals were returning to the Sistine Chapel for more rounds of voting after failing to elect a new pope. Black smoke ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Vatican City, the smallest country in the world, is home to some of the most spectacular art and architecture in Europe. The ...

The question facing the conclave is whether the cardinals want to continue in the direction set by Pope Francis.

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

The next vote will take place at about 17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke ...