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

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

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

The centuries-old ritual is being used to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.

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

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

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Wednesday, signaling that the College of Cardinals had not elected a pope.

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

Out of more than 250 cardinals in world, only 135 who are below the age of 80 'on the day when the Apostolic See becomes ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

The black smoke confirmed the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside had not reached the required two-thirds majority — at ...

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