Black smoke poured out from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, indicating that the cardinals have not been able to pick a new ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the ...

How long does it take to choose a pope? The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number of votes or tallies in past ...

In modern history, most conclave's have taken two to three days. Pope Francis (2013), Pope Benedict XVI (2005), Pope John Paul I (1978) and Pope Pius XII (1939) were all elected after two days of ...

Italian-American Catholic priest Robert Sirico, who was recently interviewed about the papal conclave, has a very famous ...

The cardinals are in the middle of the conclave at the Vatican, as we all watch the Sistine Chapel to see when there's white ...

The conclave officially commences Wednesday, May 7 at 4 a.m. ET (10 a.m. in Rome) with a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica. The ...

The 133 cardinals who are eligible to choose the next pontiff are trying again Thursday to elect a successor to Francis to guide the 1.4 billion strong Roman Catholic church at time of human ...

Cardinals prepared to cast fresh votes Thursday for the next head of the Catholic Church, after sending up a second round of ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

If you've seen Conclave, Edward Berger's excellent political thriller, you'll have some idea of what goes on behind the scenes at the secretive papal conclave.

The cardinal electors are continuing with the voting process on Thursday after black smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday - signaling that a new pope was not chosen.