Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind ...

CARDINALS from around the world convened in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome as the Roman Catholic Church begins the ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

The next vote will take place at approximately 17:30 (16:30 BST) - black smoke signals no decision has been reached, white ...

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 ...

The crowd outside St. Peter's Basilica erupted as black smoke began to seep from the Sistine Chapel Wednesday night.

The BBC has taken a look back at archive footage from the outcomes of previous conclaves, as far back as Pope Pius XII in 1939 through to Pope Francis in 2013. See the moment each pope's election was ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...