The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

The College of Cardinals began meeting Wednesday to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two-thirds majority is ...

Cardinals closed themselves in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to cast their first ballots for a new pope, facing a moment of ...

On YouTube, hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world are staring at an unmoving broadcast of the Sistine Chapel ...

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

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The conclave to select Pope Francis’s successor began Wednesday. Here’s what to know about the process, what happens when a ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

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

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 potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

The cardinals selecting the next pope will take their meals at a Vatican guesthouse. One conclave veteran said the fare was ...