Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

The cardinals sang the "Litany of the Saints" as they walked into the Sistine Chapel for the start of the papal conclave to ...

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

Cardinals have been locked inside the Sistine Chapel for a second day to elect a new pope—watch our live stream of the chimney.

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

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...