The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words ...

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

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

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

In Rome, crowds have gathered at St Peter's Square, their eyes fixed on the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. They are eagerly awaiting the appointment of a new pope, hoping for white smoke to signal the ...

The plume of dark smoke indicates that the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside the chapel have not reached the required ...

White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

Despite the disappointment, hopes were still high that a pope would be chosen quickly, perhaps as early as Thursday afternoon ...