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

If you’re like some of the cardinals who had to rewatch the blockbuster movie to prepare, the conclave is more U.S. Senate ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Black smoke was seen over the Vatican on Wednesday, May 7, indicating no decision had been reached yet in the election for a ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...

The Vatican is streaming live views of St. Peter's Square on its YouTube channel, NBC offers a "smoke cam," and CNN created a ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church made their first vote inside the Sistine Chapel ...

The scarlet cassocks are pressed, the holy drip is immaculate, and Vatican City has officially gone into airplane mode.

The College of Cardinals have convened for the papal conclave. Several of these cardinals are watching the movie for advice ...

The cardinals at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City vow to follow the rules of the conclave, the process by which the next ...

Online oddsmakers correctly predicted President Trump’s election victory last year. They face a far tougher task in ...