Cardinals vote again after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The assembled cardinals vote up to four times a ...

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

The cardinals are participating in the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more ...

With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on ...

Crowds of people gathered to enter St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for day two of the papal conclave on Thursday.

The next person elected pope in the papal conclave will need at least 89 votes in order to achieve the majority from the College of Cardinals.

The largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history was due to resume on Thursday, with Roman Catholic cardinals ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said in a post to X on Wednesday that he and the other North American cardinals will bring the "in ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

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