With a Vatican official calling out ''extra omnes'' and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor has officially begun.

The door to the Sistine Chapel closed as the cardinals begin the process of choosing the new pope. The conclave starting ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals sequestered themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for a conclave to elect a ...

Cardinals make their way from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave to elect the next pope.

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney as first vote inconclusive - The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have ...

Voting will resume on Thursday. An estimated crowd of 45,000 people reacted to see the black smoke billow from the chimney. A ...

The ballot failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority, or 89 votes, that is required for a new pope to be elected.

More than 130 Catholic cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year history.

The 133 cardinals will remain within the Sistine Chapel and its adjoining buildings in total seclusion until they choose from among themselves the next pope.

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...