Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- emerged.

Who are the U.S. candidates at the papal conclave in Rome? Here's a list of American cardinals who will elect or possibly become the next pope.

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 conclave.