Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the ...

Artists have captured the hidden world of papal elections for centuries, turning secrecy into spectacle for the public.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor. Here's how long it could take.

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with as ... the patience-requiring wait for the smoke in St. Peter’s Square is a ritual that dates back to the 19th century. For some, the anxiety ...

VATICAN CITY — Red-robed cardinals assembled ... A total of 133 cardinal electors are taking part in the conclave, the highly secretive election to pick a successor to Pope Francis, who died ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...

VATICAN CITY ... centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The cardinals participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history ...

the prelates gathered in the Vatican's Pauline Chapel in silent prayer. They then proceeded into the 15th-century Sistine Chapel -- a few meters way -- for the conclave itself, where they will be ...