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

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. Only four of the ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected in the first round ...

The Catholic faithful’s eyes are now set on a small chimney at the Sistine Chapel, waiting for the result of the papal ...

Black smoke rose once again from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning, signaling that the cardinals meeting ...

The Vatican’s cardinals gather in conclave today to begin electing the successor to the late Pope Francis—which means the ...

Black smoke poured out from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, indicating that the cardinals have not been able to pick a new ...