Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Kielce Gussie, a U.S. journalist who works for Vatican News, gave the first reading at the funeral of Pope Francis.

Nestled in the heart of the Italian capital whose hills bear silent witness to the most decadent customs throughout the ages, ...

There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

I wish I did not have to vote because I wish that Francis were still alive. But it is a fact that he has left us,” Cardinal ...

Confusion surrounding the birthdate of Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, a conservative cardinal from Burkina Faso, may cost him his spot at the upcoming papal conclave. Only cardinals under the age of 80 ...

What does it take to become a pope? The Holy See shared the minimum qualifications for a pope on its official LinkedIn account after it received "several messages of interest in the Sede Vacante." The ...