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

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals ...

White smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals have selected a new pope on the second day ...

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

As the papal conclave begins, bettors around the world continue to wager most often on one cardinal to become the next leader ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

After the death of a Pope, a papal conclave—an incredibly secretive and important process— takes place in the Vatican as ...

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

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

Black smoke was seen wafting from a chimney on Thursday above the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the 133 Catholic cardinal ...