The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

Cardinals began the papal conclave at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to select a new pope after the death of Pope Francis. What ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Black smoke billowed out from the Sistine Chapel's chimney for the second time as the 133 Catholic cardinals remained ...

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

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as first vote inconclusive - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

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

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Following Pope Francis’ death, the Vatican begins the conclave to elect a new pope, with smoke signals from the Sistine ...