The preparations are all leading up to the solemn pageantry of the start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

The cardinals will gather at St. Peter’s Basilica May 7 to celebrate a special Mass before gathering in the Sistine Chapel to ...

Vice President JD Vance has been dispatched all over the world in the opening months of Trump's administration and often ...

Besides its masterpieces by Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel is undergoing a makeover, involving the installation of a stove ...

Some 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel and are locked inside, tasked with choosing the next leader of the Catholic ...

Ahead of the election of the next pope, a chimney was installed atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday, which will help notify the ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

There is no limit as to how long a conclave can last when electing a new Pope. One vote will be held on the first day of ...

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a ...

Scholars say that lens blinds audiences to the real dynamics inside the synod hall. Michael Sean Winters, writing for ...