Among leading traditionalists, Cardinals Robert Sarah and Raymond Burke have garnered the most media attention. A few conservative-leaning outlets have even floated their names as papal front-runners.

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more ...

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the doors to the ...

Cardinals in the secret conclave to decide the next pope have cast their first votes but failed to reach a consensus. Black ...

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

Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

As Catholics around the world wait for a new pope to be voted in, they also are also waiting to see what name the new pontiff ...

The highly secretive process of picking a new pope began on Wednesday behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel in ...

Millions of Catholics in Louisiana are waiting to find out who will now be the head of the Catholic Church, now that the ...

With the conclave underway, PBS News has a live video of the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as the world waits for white smoke ...

The doors of the Sistine Chapel were sealed Wednesday as the papal conclave got underway. After three hours and fifteen ...