Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind the heavy doors of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel for their second ...

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Up to four rounds of voting can take place each full day of conclave, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

The secret ingredients that turn the conclave smoke black or white - The smoke is used to signal whether a new Pope has been ...

The next person elected pope in the papal conclave will need at least 89 votes in order to achieve the majority from the College of Cardinals.

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume on Thursday, with Roman Catholic cardinals ...

ATLANTA — Members of the Atlanta Archdiocese joined people around the world watching the Papal Conclave unfold in Vatican ...

Norway said on Thursday it would seek to deepen security ties with Nordic neighbours and major European allies, bolstering ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney.