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

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

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

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

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

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Here is a look at what betting odds say about the frontrunner to become the next leader of the Catholic Church.

All eyes are on Vatican City as Catholics await the election of a new pope, but some North Texas Catholics are glued to ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

The College of Cardinals began meeting Wednesday to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two-thirds majority is ...