The papal conclave is beginning Wednesday at the Vatican, as 133 cardinal electors undertake the solemn task of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.

The papal conclave is beginning Wednesday at the Vatican, as 133 cardinal electors undertake the solemn task of choosing the next leader of the Catholic Church.

The ideological center of the wealthiest, most powerful country would appear to justify a cardinal. What factors are at play?

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

Cardinals from around the world have gathered in Rome to start the conclave to choose the next pope. Here in Western New York ...

The conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect a new pope after the death or resignation of the pope. The ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were closed after 133 Catholic cardinals processed inside, ahead of their first vote to elect ...

A journalist with a long history of covering the Vatican provides an inside view of what's happening as the cardinals elect the next pope.

Cardinals begin secret election to choose next Pope in Sistine Chapel - In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni ...

The papal conclave has now begun. The 133 Cardinal electors now have to reach a two-thirds vote in order to choose a new ...

Cardinals closed themselves in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to cast their first ballots for a new pope, facing a moment of ...