The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

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

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...

On Day 2, the cardinals will begin their day with a mass in the Pauline Chapel and then retreat to the Sistine Chapel for ...

A chimney atop the 15th century Sistine Chapel in the Vatican billowed black tell-tale smoke again on Thursday morning, ...

St. Thomas students have one eye on their textbooks and another on the Sistine Chapel where the College of Cardinals is ...

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel today for the second day of the conclave to choose a successor to Pope Francis.

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

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican in Rome failed to choose a new pope on their second day of voting.

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

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.