Of all the ceremonies associated with electing a new pope, the one most familiar to the general public is the smoke that emanates from a stovepipe chi ...

The door to the Sistine Chapel closed as the cardinals begin the process of choosing the new pope. The conclave starting ...

The College of Cardinals − bishops and Vatican officials selected by Francis − entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 for a first ...

The Catholic Church has begun the process of choosing a new pope following the death of Pope Francis on April 21.

Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat behind ...

What to expect as conclave enters second day of voting for new pope - Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on ...

Rome: On the eve of the conclave, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi found himself dodging questions as he was mugged by a waiting ...

Thick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals had failed to elect a new ...

With its meteoric rise chronicled in the New York Times under the comical headline “Two Religious Conservatives and a Marxist ...

The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — and 133 cardinals ...

Cardinals attend the first day of the conclave to elect the successor of late Pope Francis inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, 7 May 2025 ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the ...