At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

Cardinals gather in secret after Pope Francis's burial to elect a new leader. The world watches for smoke from the Sistine ...

But if Mr. Merz fails again to secure a majority in subsequent votes, the process enters a ... Ministers cannot be named or sworn in, meaning that Olaf Scholz and his cabinet will remain in ...

The conclave officially commences Wednesday, May 7 at 4 a.m. ET (10 a.m. in Rome) with a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica. The ...

A two-thirds majority of the 133 cardinals is ... Here’s a look at some of those objects, and the meaning behind them. When the cardinals vote in the Sistine Chapel, they will be sitting in ...

Cardinals from around the world gathered in the Vatican Wednesday to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis.

The U.S. Supreme Court is broken, UM law professor Leah Litman argues in her forthcoming book, “Lawless: How the Supreme ...

When that happens, white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel's chimney. If the two-thirds majority is not reached, black smoke is emitted instead, signaling that the conclave will resume with further ...

Merz secured 310 hands in the first round — six fewer than what he needed to ensure a majority ... vote that there were no indications of apostates within his party's ranks, which, if true ...

Cardinals will return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first papal conclave ballot failed to find a winner.