The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are set to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as the 2025 papal conclave begins.

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

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

Here's when we could see smoke -- and a new pope -- now that the conclave is getting underway in Vatican City.

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

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

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” ...

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

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