None of the cardinals achieved the necessary two-thirds majority (89 votes) among the 133 electors, who are scheduled to reconvene on Thursday, with up to four votes planned. Black smoke: the first ...

The College of Cardinals was set to begin its election of the next pope Wednesday in Rome following the death of Pope Francis ...

I think that one of the principal challenges that the new pope will have is that we live in a world that’s increasingly ...

The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

In Vatican City, Catholic cardinals have cast the first vote of the conclave to select a successor to Pope Francis, and the ...

The pre-conclave sessions surfaced pressing concerns — and may hint at what kind of shepherd the cardinals hope to elect.

Gathering under the soaring frescoes of Renaissance masters and a blanket of intense seclusion, 133 red-robed cardinals made a solemn procession into the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Wednesday to ...

It took nearly 440 years after the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines before the first Filipino, Rufino Jiao Santos, joined the College of Cardinals in 1960. Another 52 years passed before ...

Since the last conclave in 2013, the geographical makeup of cardinal electors has changed under Francis' leadership. NBC News ...

For the first time, the TikTok generation is watching and making content about a papal conclave, otherwise known as "Catholic ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel after Cardinals fail to elect pope - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

There is no Pope after the first day of the Conclave in the Vatican. The doors to the Sistine Chapel were closed as the ...