Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ranks second on both.

Cardinals are meeting in a secret, sacred conclave for a second day as they seek a new pontiff to follow Pope Francis. The ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

It’s hard to describe the mood in Vatican City right now. There is great expectation and excitement but also a sense of ...

The 133 cardinals in the conclave will participate in as many as four rounds of voting a day until a two-thirds majority is ...

Who are the U.S. candidates at the papal conclave in Rome? Here's a list of American cardinals who will elect or possibly become the next pope.

For the second time since the papal conclave began, black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that ...

It is said the chosen name of a pontiff can be the ‘first indication of what the direction of the papacy might be’.

Black smoke poured out of the chimney during the morning session, indicating no pope had been elected yet. There are more votes that are possible on Thursday.

"You have to trust the process … you don't want them to rush it," said Elizabeth Whelan of Newfoundland, Canada.

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...