The 133 cardinals will remain within the Sistine Chapel and its adjoining buildings in total seclusion until they choose from among themselves the next pope.

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church ...

The black smoke confirmed the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside had not reached the required two-thirds majority — at least 89 votes — needed to elect a new pope.

Costa Rica’s Catholics pray for the 2025 conclave as 133 cardinals elect the next pope. Learn how the nation’s bishops and ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York made his way to the Sistine Chapel May 7 to participate in the conclave process to elect the next pope.

While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as first vote inconclusive - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are beginning the secretive process known as a conclave.

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of ...