Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

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

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume on Thursday, with Roman Catholic cardinals ...

All eyes are on the Sistine Chapel’s chimney, where plumes of smoke will soon reveal whether the Catholic Church has found ...

The papal conclave is the secret electoral process to elect a new pope. What are the traditions, and what is different this ...