The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

CBS New anchor Tony Dokoupil is being roasted for saying on air that the cardinals are 'rawdogging' the papal conclave by ...

Many Catholics in New York City and beyond joined in prayer Wednesday to seek divine guidance for the cardinals at the ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Sarah Grambling was in third grade the last time the cardinals selected a new pope. "I think the cardinals are going to be a ...

The cardinals at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City vow to follow the rules of the conclave, the process by which the next ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls ...

If you’re like some of the cardinals who had to rewatch the blockbuster movie to prepare, the conclave is more U.S. Senate ...

As the conclave to elect the next pope begins, Pietro Parolin has emerged as the betting favorite to succeed Pope Francis, ...

USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here or at the embed below. The first day's ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.