Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known ...

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

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

As the conclave to find Pope Francis’ successor continues, the cardinals are not eating gourmet food amid their sequestered ...

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

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, ...

Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

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

As the papal conclave begins, bettors around the world continue to wager most often on one cardinal to become the next leader ...

Some have watched it in the cinema,” one cleric involved said, adding that the movie accurately portrays how the conclave ...

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