The cardinals eligible in the conclave have been sequestered to vote for the next pope. Here are some of the strongest ...

For the second time since the papal conclave began, black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Yesterday, black smoke arose from the Sistine Chapel, meaning that Catholics worldwide will have to wait a little longer to ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals are meeting for a second day to elect his successor. The ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the first-ever cardinal from Jerusalem, has emerged as a potential contender for the papacy ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ...

One of Pope Francis' popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the Vatican said on Sunday (May 4). The mobile ...

Cardinals told RNS they now have a better sense of each other, despite having had little familiarity before the general ...

Catholic cardinals are filing into the Sistine Chapel for the start of the conclave to elect a new pope to follow Pope ...