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

Crowds in St. Peter's Square witnessed black smoke pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday night, signalling ...

Michigan native Joseph Tobin will help select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave that began May 7.

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

The centuries-old ritual is being used to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Wednesday, signaling that the College of Cardinals had not elected a pope.

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

The ballot failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel signals that no new Pope was elected after the first round of votes from the Papal conclave ...