On May 7, an expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope Francis, who shied away from giving red hats to the traditional ...

The chimney on the Sistine Chapel is up, and voting to elect the next pope will begin on Wednesday afternoon, May 7. Here is ...

When the papal conclave begins on Wednesday (May 7), the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will enter a cloistered world ...

The 2025 conclave is less predictable than ever after Francis shook up the Catholic Church during his years as pope. What will that mean for the election of his successor?

In the pre-conclave process, cardinals – played by the likes of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow in the film – ...

The meeting of the College of Cardinals, where the next head of the Catholic Church will be selected, is scheduled to take place on May 7 ...

The Vatican prepared for the conclave to pick the next pope with the installation of a Sistine Chapel chimney. ABC News' Ines de La Cuetara takes a look at the front runners.

The universal church is on full display during the waiting-for-white-smoke period. Watchers who gather at St. Peter's Square ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

There is high expectation among the Catholic faithful across the globe as the processes to announce the successor of the late Pope Francis will commence on Wednesday May 7 in the Vatican. This is ...

The preparations are all leading up to the solemn pageantry of the start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.