The contender whose odds have waxed and waned most since the death of Pope Francis last month is Cardinal Pietro Parolin (70) ...

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...

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

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay and author Ross Douthat discuss the state of religion and what could come with a new pope as cardinals convene at the Vatican for a conclave.

With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will ...

Odds are on a short conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, with 267th pope likely to be picked by Thursday or Friday ...

Sixteen days after Francis's death, cardinals from around the world have shut themselves away for as long as it takes to vote ...

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican's medieval walls for a conclave to elect a ...

A total of 133 cardinals began the conclave - the election to elect the successor to Pope Francis - earlier today, with the ...

Sixteen days after Francis's death, cardinals from around the world have shut themselves away for as long as it takes to vote ...