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Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

Some cardinals expected a short conclave to replace Pope Francis, but it may take a few rounds of voting for one man to ...

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ranks second on both.

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney again Thursday morning. That indicates no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church ...

People wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter's Square during the cardinals' ...

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

White smoke means a new pope has been chosen, while black smoke signals that a two-thirds majority vote has not yet been reached.

Some have watched it in the cinema,” one cleric involved said, adding that the movie accurately portrays how the conclave ...

Pope Francis needed five votes and was elected on the second day of the conclave, Benedict XVI needed four votes and was also ...