The late former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller have been ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up ...

The next vote will take place around17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke that ...

A chimney atop the 15th century Sistine Chapel in the Vatican billowed black tell-tale smoke again on Thursday morning, ...

Cardinals from around the world are sequestered in Rome this week to choose a successor for the late Pope Francis. Who will ...

The last conclave many Boomers will witness is crucial to the Catholic Church for their children, and their grandchildren.

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

Voting in the morning was inconclusive. The conclave will reconvene in the afternoon, with two more votes expected on ...

Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signalling that cardinals meeting in ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...

With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on ...

Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more ...