Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...

This Vatican guesthouse, built in 1996, specifically houses cardinals during a conclave and is used at other times as ...

A change in popes is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Cardinals enter the Vatican’s sealed conclave to elect the next pope in a centuries-old ritual shrouded in secrecy.

If the smoke is black, it means the vote wasn't conclusive. If the smoke is white, it means a new pope has been selected by a ...

On Friday, the day before the pope’s funeral, flight searches on Expedia for Rome for the dates of May 5-14 were up more than ...