Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...

The Vatican conclave will continue on Thursday with more voting. A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is required to select a new leader for the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Cardinals to vote again after black smoke signals no pope chosen on first day - The assembled cardinals vote up to four times ...

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the favourites to succeed Pope Francis ...

Crowds were gathered in their tens of thousands in St Peter's Square in Vatican City for the first vote of conclave.

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

The latest on Pope Francis. The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis' papacy began in 2013. The first pope from the Americas, Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires ...