Black smoke has been rising from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the cardinals have not yet elected a new pope on Thursday ...

St. Thomas students have one eye on their textbooks and another on the Sistine Chapel where the College of Cardinals is ...

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

An estimated crowd of 45,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday morning for the second day of the conclave in ...

The first day of the conclave came to an end with black smoke emitting from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

Despite being the “princes” of the church, the cardinals are not exempt from excommunication if they violate the rules of the ...

Cardinals from around the world are at the Sistine Chapel in Rome for the papal conclave to select the new head of the Catholic Church following the April 21 death of Pope Francis. The strictly ...

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

Up to four rounds of voting can take place each full day of conclave, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Smoke is ...