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

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

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

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The ...

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...

White smoke means a new pope has been chosen, while black smoke signals that a two-thirds majority vote has not yet been reached.