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

"But I thought just maybe, for Pope Francis, it mattered that we had more cardinals who are really grounded there." Cardinal David has only been in the job for five months, after his surprise ...

Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, but now, one name has been coming up as a ...

Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday (May 7) from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to ...

The chances the cardinals would agree on a new leader in their first vote were vanishingly remote, so today’s result reveals ...

Who is Pietro Parolin? The ‘Clark Kent character’ tipped to be the next pope - Pietro Parolin has emerged on nearly every ...

When the phrase "extra omnes" is heard from the giant screens, applause rises from St. Peter's Square and Via della ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardi ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.

As the papal conclave gets underway in Vatican City, Holy Cross Catholic Church pastor Father Noah Carter recalls his experience studying there as a seminarian during the 2013 election of Pope Francis ...

A group of 133 Cardinals are making their way from their rooms into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact with ...

The College of Cardinals was set to begin its election of the next pope Wednesday in Rome following the death of Pope Francis ...