The cardinals can vote twice Thursday morning and twice in the afternoon. If no one collects a two-thirds majority, the ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, where they will vote in secret and silence, a ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to find a new leader of the 1.4-billion-member ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out ''extra omnes'' and the door to ...

Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first day of the conclave.

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...