With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ...

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

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

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

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...

The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, look ceremonial but in the pageantry of the Renaissance-style uniform lies the ...