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

Cardinal Robert Prevost on Thursday became the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

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

White smoke has risen above the Sistine Chapel, the signal that cardinals have chosen a new pope on the second day of the ...

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

Catholic cardinals gather and sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of a conclave to elect a new pope.

BST - white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney will signal when they've chosen a new pope.

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...

Despite some disappointment, hopes were still high that a pope would be chosen quickly, perhaps as early as Thursday ...

The cardinals, who broke for lunch and will reconvene this afternoon, are expected to continue casting ballots at the Vatican ...