Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday (May 7) from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to ...

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

The first conclave in more than a decade comes during an uncertain time for the church, which is facing difficult decisions ...

Since livestream cameras went up early Wednesday morning, a handful of seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney ...

Cardinals have begun the secretive conclave to elect the next pope, a process steeped in tradition and ritual, as Catholics ...

Currently, 133 cardinals are in Rome for the process while two could not travel due to health concerns. The first vote of papal conclave 2025, however, was could not bring the necessary result as ...

Black smoke emerged from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel at 21:00 on Wednesday evening, signalling that a first ballot ...

The chances the cardinals would agree on a new leader in their first vote were vanishingly remote, so today’s result reveals ...

The process to elect a new leader of the Catholic church is underway. More than 130 cardinals make up the conclave that will ...

As the conclave gathers in the Vatican to select a new pope, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly spoke to CFR about the process and how the papacy affects foreign affairs.

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now) — Catholics are eagerly waiting to see what happens at the Vatican as cardinals vote to elect a new ...

Perhaps the communications regarding the general congregations of the cardinals, the meetings preceding the Conclave, did not ...