Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news for the first day of the conclave on Wednesday, May 7. For the latest news and updates from the papal conclave, read USA TODAY's live updates for Thursday ...

(ANSA) - VATICAN CITY, MAY 6 - The first smoke signal from the papal conclave will come from the Sistine Chapel "not before 7pm" on Wednesday, Holy See Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said on ...

Barred from leaving or making any contact with the outside world, the leaders of the church will vote until they select the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Any cardinal electors who ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, all eyes are on Vatican City as the Roman Catholic Church begins the papal conclave on May 7 to elect a new pope. The process is held in strict ...

There is no new Pope. Yet. Hours later than expected, black smoke was seen blowing out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the end of the first day of the conclave to elect a ...

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of the conclave. There is no clear frontrunner to take over ...