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 ...

On YouTube, hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world are staring at an unmoving broadcast of the Sistine Chapel ...

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 ...

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

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

Black smoke emerged from the Vatican on Wednesday evening, indicating that a new Pope had not been chosen in the first round ...

Dr. Daniel Cosacchi researches the conclave as Catholics worldwide anticipate the new pope. SCRANTON, Pa. — Inside his office ...

The ballots are burned after each vote and the smoke will emanate from the chimney that was built on top of the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke means a majority has not been reached and the voting will ...

Seminarians on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul have created their own chimney on top of a building to ...

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