Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen as the 267th Pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

White smoke began pouring from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday, signaling the College of Cardinals has chosen a successor to Pope Francis. And now the world waits to learn who he is.

Pope Francis’ successor secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals who took part in the conclave. Sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, they deliberated just ...

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the altar and Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment” behind it. He delivered the opening ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel minutes after 9 p.m. local time, indicating cardinals did not choose a successor to Pope Francis on its first ballot after day one of the largest ever ...

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

Latin for “We have a pope!” — from the loggia ... was more critical of Francis. He said if he were in the Sistine Chapel, he’d be voting for Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the ... tasked with casting secret ballots to choose a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 of a stroke and heart ...

some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1 ...

White smoke was witnessed emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday ... concluded their voting on the second day; both Pope Francis and Pope Benedict were elected on the second ...