Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

Watch live as cardinals elect a new pope with white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday evening (8 May).

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope have entered the Sistine Chapel to begin voting on Wednesday (May 7), ...

The proceedings will take place in absolute secrecy, with the prelates largely sequestered from the outside world for as long ...

Seagulls have found themselves in starring roles since the live streaming of the Sistine Chapel chimney began at the 2005 ...

At approximately 5:45 pm on Wednesday, master of ceremonies Diego Ravelli shut the heavy doors of the famous chapel in the Vatican after calling out in a solemn voice the Latin phrase 'Extra Omnes,' ...

The 133 cardinal electors took an oath of secrecy before being locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel for ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

Election could be most unpredictable in church’s history with 133 diverse and divided participants in Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to ...