Catholic cardinals are locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel, sequestered from the world to elect the man ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

What to expect as conclave enters second day of voting for new pope - Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on ...

The secretive and centuries-old ritual to elect a new pope began Wednesday morning. This conclave is the most geographically ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

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

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

Cardinals from around the world have entered the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the closed-door process ...

As Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to begin the voting process for the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, we ...

With the papal conclave under way in the Vatican to select a new pope, many at Holy Name Cathedral prayed Wednesday for the ...