Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

Catholic cardinals across five continents are now in seclusion at the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7 to vote for the successor to Pope Francis in a conclave that could take hours or days.

Sixteen days after Pope Francis's death, cardinals from around the world have shut themselves away for as long as it takes to vote for their new leader.

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

Cardinals in the secret conclave are set for another round of discussions on Thursday after failing to select the next pope on the first day of voting. Black smoke has poured from the Sistine ...

How he chooses to bring his own legal acumen to bear on each of these three situations will say a great deal about the early ...

The Catholic cardinals meeting for the conclave are locked in the Sistine Chapel — one of the grandest buildings in the Western world. But their meals are decidedly less elegant. The food at the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As cardinals left their final meeting before the conclave begins, they expressed confidence in their time of listening and prayer, and some predicted a relatively quick ...

Cardinal Arborelius said that, although he would appreciate a papal visit from Pope Leo XIV, he hopes that the new pope will ...

He is the first Singaporean to vote for a new head of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Japan's Cardinal Kikuchi Isao details his experience at the conclave to choose Pope Leo XIV in an exclusive interview with NHK.