VATICAN CITY -- The conclave to elect the 267th pope and successor to Pope Francis has gotten underway Wednesday. In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” ...

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

Cardinals make their way from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect the next pope.

As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot.

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

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

More than 130 Catholic cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.