Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

A group of 133 cardinals has not reached a decision in the first vote of the conclave after the process, which is shrouded in ...

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

The papal conclave is the secret electoral process to elect a new pope. What are the traditions, and what is different this ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

They burn the ballot papers and mix them with chemicals to show how proceedings are going -- black signalling no pope and ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is the leader of the 2025 papal conclave, which will elect the next pope after the passing of Pope ...

The papal conclave for the selection of the new Pope to replace Pope Francis can last only a few hours or up to years.

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

Francis’ successor will be selected by cardinals at the conclave that began on May 7. Cardinals, known as the “princes of the ...