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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Inside his office at the University of Scranton, Vice President for Mission and Ministry Daniel Cosacchi has been busy ...

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

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As one viewer put it, “If the cardinals are rawdogging, it’s gonna be a while before we see that white smoke!” ...

St. Joseph Cathedral's Fr. Stephen Hansen remembers Pope Francis for his accomplishments and dedication to all people in the ...

Out of more than 250 cardinals in world, only 135 who are below the age of 80 'on the day when the Apostolic See becomes ...

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

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel's chimney on Wednesday, signaling that the College of Cardinals had not elected a pope.