Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has ...

While the cardinals are known to wear their scarlet red attire, some individuals involved in conclave proceedings were seen ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as first vote inconclusive - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

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

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

The centuries-old ritual is being used to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.

The cardinals selecting the next pope will take their meals at a Vatican guesthouse. One conclave veteran said the fare was ...

The outcome was signalled by black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no decision had been made.