Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

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

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

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

Catholics across the world — along with religious scholars and global leaders — are watching the Vatican, as cardinals gather ...

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

The Vatican is streaming live views of St. Peter's Square on its YouTube channel, NBC offers a "smoke cam," and CNN created a ...

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

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, confirming that Catholic cardinals have failed to ...

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 ...

Cardinals from 70 nations began the Vatican conclave Wednesday, gathering in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope for the Catholic Church.