How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...

When asked at the conclusion of a White House ceremony honoring military mothers for his reaction to a new pope being chosen, ...

The cardinals, who broke for lunch and will reconvene this afternoon, are expected to continue casting ballots at the Vatican ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

Thousands in Vatican Square cheered as white smoke billowed from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new ...

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to ...

The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words “Habemus papam!” Latin for “We have a pope!” from the ...

Simply put, a conclave is the assembly of cardinals that elects a pope. The word itself comes from the Latin "com" and ...