Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

As Catholics around the world wait for a new pope to be voted in, they also are also waiting to see what name the new pontiff ...

The highly secretive process of picking a new pope began on Wednesday behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel in ...

Except for the arrival of some seagulls who decided they wanted a front-row seat to the conclave and perched themselves on ...

With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen ...

So that means some foods were banned or carefully inspected at previous conclaves, including whole roast chicken, stuffed ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The next pope should instead be a man who models mutual respect, intellectual humility and a spirit of wonder at God’s ...

A couple miles from the ongoing conclave, sisters in leadership gather at the International Union of Superiors General assembly May 5-9, with Pope Francis' spirit of synodality at its center.

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...