The next vote will take place at approximately 17:30 (16:30 BST) - black smoke signals no decision has been reached, white ...

The pope's new name will be analyzed for its connections to history, religious meaning, and for clues on the church's future ...

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

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

Until that threshold — 89 votes for one man — has been reached, the electors will hold two votes every morning of the ...

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The cardinals eligible in the conclave have been sequestered to vote for the next pope. Here are some of the strongest ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is the leader of the 2025 papal conclave, which will elect the next pope after the passing of Pope ...

Cardinals from all over the world began voting Wednesday to elect a new pope — but what’s the cost of finding a new leader ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

The Catholic conclave of cardinals will again gather today to vote on who will be the new Pope as the priest brother of a TV ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...