The first ballot will be cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News. Voting will then happen four times daily over the following days, twice in the morning and twice in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect ... The College of Cardinals that will elect a new pope includes members from far ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new ... May 7, a ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, cardinals under the age of 80 will meet in the Sistine Chapel to choose the new ...

Black smoke -- fumata nera in Italian -- indicates an inconclusive vote, while white smoke -- fumata bianca -- will signify that a new pope has been elected. Along with the white smoke, the bells of ...

On Day 2, the cardinals will begin their day with a mass in the Pauline Chapel and then retreat to the Sistine Chapel for ...

An antipope is a person who makes a competing claim to the papacy, in opposition to the legitimately elected pope.