Forty-eight-hundred-and-four miles separate Vatican City from Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, but a group of faithful gathered ...

No pope has been selected yet as black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. A bishop in Las Vegas explains what's ...

Discover how the Catholic Church selects its next pope, including the secretive rituals of the papal conclave, key figures to ...

Cardinals set for more talks after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals ...

But beneath the sacred decor, conclaves have long been arenas of ruthless political manoeuvring. The first conclave held in the chapel, in 1492, elected one of the most unscrupulous popes, Alexander ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals ...