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Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.
In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope Francis.
Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...
Crowds of people gathered to enter St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for day two of the papal conclave on Thursday.
Here's what to expect as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting in the papal conclave.
Arizona sisters' trip to Rome will be one they'll never forget, as the visit just happens to line up with the first day of the conclave to elect a new pope.
Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The conclave opened at the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon ...
In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during this conclave, the most electors ever, with 108 of them being appointed by Pope ...
With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...
As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where ...
The red robes are worn by all 133 cardinals deliberating who will replace Pope Francis. The original reason cardinals started wearing red is disputed, but the hue is often said to represent the blood ...
As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the ...