Day 2 of the papal conclave, the election to select Pope Francis' successor, has begun inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. Cardinal electors will cast their ballots for the new Bishop of Rome.

Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke was ...

Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday and again Thursday morning indicated that a new pope had not yet been chosen to replace Pope Francis. Using smoke to communicate to the ...

The papal conclave — the selection process for a new pope — kicked off on May 7. However, as two rounds of black smoke have indicated, no new pope has been elected yet. In modern history, most ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening, signalling an inconclusive first vote by cardinals locked in the Sistine Chapel in a conclave to elect a new pope to ...

A cardinal with ties to Indiana has a shot of becoming the Vatican's next pontiff as ranking members of the Catholic Church meet in Rome this week to select a successor to Pope Francis, who died April ...