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

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ...

The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took ...

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

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

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

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?