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

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

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

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

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not ...

The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

The 133 cardinals who entered the conclave failed to reach a two-thirds supermajority of at least 89 votes to elect a new ...

The Catholic church's eligible cardinals are behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel for a secret vote to elect a successor ...

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

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...

Rome to select the new pope after Pope Francis died on April 21. Thursday marked the second day of the papal conclave.

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel early Thursday, signaling that the cardinals have yet to elect a new pope.