At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

Cardinals charged with picking a new pope have held a special Mass before they begin the secretive conclave to choose the ...

A change in popes is a complicated process. Centuries-old rituals are involved in the transition in leadership for both the ...

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

The Vatican has a dual mission: to ensure the safety of the cardinals and to safeguard the strict secrecy of the process, ...

The highly-secretive process to elect the next pope is underway in Vatican City Wednesday. The conclave began with Holy Mass inside the Vatican, and a procession of Cardinals through St. Peter's ...

For the first time since 2013, a papal conclave will meet in Vatican City behind closed doors to select the next pope to replace Francis, who died last month.

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has some tips for first-timers taking part in the sometimes lengthy process of choosing ...

The College of Cardinals will begin the secretive voting process of choosing a new pope on Wednesday, May 7 -- and FOX 5 NY ...

However, along the immense walls surrounding the Vatican, it was business as usual May 7 as hundreds of tourists joined the ...