Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church made their first vote inside the Sistine Chapel ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, meaning that a new pope was not ...

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

The scarlet cassocks are pressed, the holy drip is immaculate, and Vatican City has officially gone into airplane mode.

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

The election for a new pope continues as black smoke above the Sistine Chapel signals that the cardinals have cast their ...

I've put together a letter the Trump administration can send to the papal conclave strongly suggesting the cardinals pick a pope who aligns with MAGA.

Following nine days of mourning over Pope Francis's passing on 21 April, 133 cardinals representing 70 countries have ...

Archbishop Diego Ravelli, the Vatican's master of ceremonies ... Read more: A guide to the conclave - electing a pope Abuse, ...

The conclave will be one of the most diverse and global in the history of the Catholic Church. A total of 134 cardinal electors — following the resignation of Antonio Cañizares Llovera — will ...