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

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

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

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

A chimney atop the 15th century Sistine Chapel in the Vatican billowed black tell-tale smoke again on Thursday morning, ...

Roman Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican in Rome failed to choose a new pope on their second day of voting.

Catholic cardinals have reconvened in the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to continue their effort to elect a new ...

Who will be the next pope? 133 cardinals have started the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope ...

The College of Cardinals began meeting Wednesday to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two-thirds majority is ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

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