The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

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

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for a new pope. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals return to the ...

After the death of a Pope, a papal conclave—an incredibly secretive and important process— takes place in the Vatican as ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...

Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8), signalling that the cardinals locked in a ...

Black smoke -- fumata nera in Italian -- indicates an inconclusive vote, while white smoke -- fumata bianca -- will signify that a new pope has been elected. Along with the white smoke, the bells of ...

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