The next vote will take place at about 17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke ...

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

The conclave to elect the new pope brought no new updates as the Sistine Chapel chimney billowed black smoke, indicating no ...

Voting in the morning was inconclusive. The conclave will reconvene in the afternoon, with two more votes expected on ...

Cardinals began the papal conclave at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to select a new pope after the death of Pope Francis. What ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

Black smoke billowed out from the Sistine Chapel's chimney for the second time as the 133 Catholic cardinals remained ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Black smoke billowed from a chimney atop the ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

The 133 cardinals tasked with electing the next leader of the Catholic Church had their first vote on Wednesday.

In a tradition that scholars date to the 19th century, smoke released from a chimney will be colored white if the cardinals ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...