Gathering under the soaring frescoes of Renaissance masters and a blanket of intense seclusion, 133 red-robed cardinals made a solemn procession into the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Wednesday to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the ...

BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay and author Ross Douthat discuss the state of religion and what could come with a new pope as cardinals convene at the Vatican for a conclave.

The ballots are burned after each vote and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that was built on top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the voting will ...

Out of more than 250 cardinals in world, only 135 who are below the age of 80 'on the day when the Apostolic See becomes ...

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

Over 45,000 people have watched on as black smoke poured from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling a stalemate ...

Every cardinal has their idea on who the next pope should be, which is the reason why this conclave might go a bit longer ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

Rome (CNN) — Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of the conclave.