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

The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel.

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Doesn’t it feel like everyone on social media is a self-described papal expert these days? In today’s issue: Papal conclave ...

The first papal conclave in 12 years begins on Wednesday at the Vatican after a morning Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. At 4:30 ...

Conclave: The private meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals who vote to elect a new pope. The term comes from the Latin “cum clave” or “with a key,” referring to the fact that the cardinals are locked ...

With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

Catholic cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican on Wednesday for the start of the conclave, the ...

American Catholics who traveled to Rome spoke to "CBS Mornings" about what they want the next pope to represent as they ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 Catholic cardinals are beginning the ...

As the conclave gets underway, eyes are searching for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” ...