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

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York made his way to the Sistine Chapel May 7 to participate in the conclave process to elect the next pope.

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a ...

A new leader of the Catholic church is expected to be chosen in the coming days following the death of Pope Francis on April 21. The beloved Argentinian pope died from a cerebral stroke followed by ...

The College of Cardinals was set to begin its election of the next pope Wednesday in Rome following the death of Pope Francis ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors are locked inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope ...

A smoke signal from the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday (7 May) has signaled whether cardinals have found a successor to Pope Francis following his death aged 88. White smoke indicates that the secret ...

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

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the evening of Wednesday, May 7, meaning that a new pope was not ...