At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

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

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

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The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

Conclave begins today to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Here’s what time to watch for black or white smoke, how the process ...

The Vatican’s cardinals gather in conclave today to begin electing the successor to the late Pope Francis—which means the ...

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