Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel today for the second day of the conclave to choose a successor to Pope Francis.

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

The cardinals can vote twice Thursday morning and twice in the afternoon. If no one collects a two-thirds majority, the ...

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

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

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

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

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

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

A conclave of as many as 250 Catholic cardinals at the Vatican produced black smoke, indicating no result, following the ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.