Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of the conclave, signaling deliberations will continue. The black smoke ...

VATICAN CITY – With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor has officially begun.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday evening to the watchful eyes of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square as the first day of conclave voting concluded without a new ...

In 1996, Pope John Paul II determined that the Sistine Chapel would be the official location of the conclave, in his Apostolic Constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis,” a rule book for future ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday ... Conservative Catholic media slipped cardinals copies of a glossy book containing their assessments of ...

The bells are ringing out in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, as a new pope has been selected with onlookers cheering and photographers capturing the moment. Many people around the world watched live as ...

Anthony Godono, on Thursday confirmed that, the 133 Cardinal-electors for the new Pope would return to the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope. This development comes after their first ballot on ...

Two by two, the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” as Swiss Guards stood at attention. The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find ...

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on day two of the conclave - the secret process to elect a new pope. Black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 8pm on Wednesday, indicating ...