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

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel after Cardinals fail to elect pope - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

Thick black smoke emerged on Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a ...

On YouTube, hundreds of thousands of viewers around the world are staring at an unmoving broadcast of the Sistine Chapel ...

A lone seagull perched near the Sistine Chapel chimney became the unexpected star of the papal conclave livestream — reviving ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were shut and locked to the public after all 133 cardinal electors took the oath of secrecy, ...

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 ...

Seminarians on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul have created their own chimney on top of a building to ...

Michigan native Joseph Tobin will help select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave that began May 7.