Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis.

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to elect the new pope.

The papal conclave has ended with white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been named the bishop of Rome and will take the name ...

Well-wishers cheered as the successor to the late Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica yesterday.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

And the new pope is making history in a new way. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope, and he will be ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at 88, the conclave elected a new pope fairly quickly. Get updates on who the new pontiff ...

White smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney as crowds erupted in cheers and a bell tolled - signifying that 133 ...