After failing to find a winner on the first ballot, they retired for the night and will return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning to try to find a successor to Pope Francis. They had opened ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) (CN) — The doors of the Sistine Chapel closed to the outside world on Wednesday as 133 Roman Catholic Church cardinals began the secret process of electing a successor to ...

The archbishop of Mexico City, Carlos Aguiar Retes, told reporters this week that he has presented a formal invitation to ...

Nearly an hour earlier, white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the conclave, signaling that cardinals had reached a majority vote to select a successor to Pope Francis.

Read More: Pope Francis’ Greatest Achievement Was Emphasizing ... had already been done before the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel, conducted in private over informal meetings and at ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

The new archbishop’s hands were shaking as he showed the document to the faithful as part of the ritual. Melinda Henneberger ...

ANALYSIS: In the first month of his papacy, Leo XIV has demonstrated that he has the grounded demeanor, bridge-building ...