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

Black smoke rose over the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, as more than 30,000 people standing in Saint Peter's Square roared — the election of a new pope will take at least one more day.The process of ...

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