They then fold the ballot, hold it up for visibility and carry it to the altar, where a chalice covered by a plate awaits.

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke ...

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Day one of the papal conclave ended without the naming of a new pope, as black smoke was seen billowing from the chimney at ...

So that means some foods were banned or carefully inspected at previous conclaves, including whole roast chicken, stuffed ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich led the delegation of North American Cardinals as they boarded buses bound for sequestered quarters at the Vatican Tuesday eveni ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

Prediction markets have accepted $30 million in wagers on the papal election, which are infamously challenging to predict.

After the death of Pope Francis on April 21, the question looming around the world is, who will become the next leader of the ...

After Pope Francis’s death, the Catholic Church is in the process of finding a new head. The new Pope will have supreme and ...

The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — and 133 cardinals ...