Despite the disappointment, hopes were still high that a pope would be chosen quickly, perhaps as early as Thursday afternoon ...

With no one receiving the required two-thirds-plus-one vote in the first round, the cardinals will resume the process on Thursday morning. A signal of white smoke will be sent up the chimney once ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke ...

Cardinals were returning to the Sistine Chapel for more rounds of voting after failing to elect a new pope. Black smoke ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after ...