As the conclave gets underway, all eyes turn to the small chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. From this simple metal tube will emerge the long-awaited white smoke that will announce the election of ...

Editor's note: Click here to view the conclave schedule for Thursday, May 8. There is no timeline for the decision − Pope Francis was chosen in one day in 2013, while the election of Pope ...

The schedule for Day 2 (May 8) and the following days looks something like this, according to Vatican News: USA TODAY will stream coverage of the conclave on its YouTube channel, available here ...

The papal conclave begins on May 7. The process of choosing a new pope will take place at the Sistine Chapel. Once a new pope is chosen, white smoke will billow from a chimney over the Sistine Chapel.

The papal conclave — the selection process for a new pope — kicked off on May 7. However, as two rounds of black smoke have indicated, no new pope has been elected yet. In modern history ...

Here's how it works, a list of contenders to become the next pope and how many conclaves there have been in the last 100 ...

The papal conclave, the process by which the Catholic Church elects a new pope, is a deeply symbolic and historic event. This year's conclave, however, is marked by some unique arithmetic that could ...