Cardinals meet to elect Pope Francis’ successor—will the Church continue his inclusive legacy or return to a more conservative path?

BST - white smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney will signal when they've chosen a new pope.

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church. That’s more than any nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors who will gather at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Wednesday for the conclave that will choose a successor to Pope Francis.