The cardinals selecting the next pope will take their meals at a Vatican guesthouse. One conclave veteran said the fare was ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

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

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

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Black smoke was observed during the end of the first day of the conclave at 21:00, hours after the doors of the Sistine ...

Black smoke came out the chimney of the Vatican, signaling that no Pope has been elected yet. NBC News International Correspondent Claudio Lavanga and Boston College Professor of Theology and ...

Prediction markets have accepted $30 million in wagers on the papal election, which are infamously challenging to predict.

A group of 133 Cardinals are making their way from their rooms into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact with ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

Some of the Catholic cardinals watched the Oscar-winning papal election drama “Conclave” to prepare for this week’s real-life Vatican election.