Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday (May 7) from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to ...

CARDINALS from around the world convened in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome as the Roman Catholic Church begins the ...

Pope Francis made history in 2013 as the first Jesuit pope and the first pontiff from a religious order in more than a ...

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

The crowd outside St. Peter's Basilica erupted as black smoke began to seep from the Sistine Chapel Wednesday night.

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

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.

The next vote will take place at approximately 17:30 (16:30 BST) - black smoke signals no decision has been reached, white ...

Just over a week ago, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Rome and the Vatican to farewell the much-loved Pope ...

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, ...

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 cardinal ...