Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Catholic cardinals return to the Vatican to elect Pope Francis' successor. White and black smoke will signal if a new pope ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

It's the first full day of the conclave to find a replacement for Pope Francis, with this morning's inconclusive pair of ...

Cardinals will take part in a Mass at St Peter's Basilica this morning and will later walk to the Sistine Chapel to cast ...

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

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

Black smoke again pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope elected after second or third ballots ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for a new pope. The first conclave ballot failed to find a ...

Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signaling that cardinals meeting in a secret conclave did not elect a new pope during their two morning ...