Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state under Francis and himself a leading contender to succeed as pope, assumed the ...

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

Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave to elect ...

The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...