Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

The first vote of the conclave - the secretive process to choose a new pope - has failed to reach a decision. After a lengthy ...

Cardinals make their way from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect the next pope.

Michigan native Joseph Tobin will help select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave that began May 7.

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel after Cardinals fail to elect pope - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

Voting will resume on Thursday. An estimated crowd of 45,000 people reacted to see the black smoke billow from the chimney. A ...

The ballot failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.

More than 130 Catholic cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

The 133 cardinals will remain within the Sistine Chapel and its adjoining buildings in total seclusion until they choose from among themselves the next pope.

The Conclave in Vatican City is under way to elect the 267th Pope. Conclave is Latin and means with key. In the 13th century the cardinal electors were eventually locked in because it took them three ...

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