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 ...

Cardinals have been locked inside the Sistine Chapel for a second day to elect a new pope—watch our live stream of the chimney.

In his homily, Archbishop Gomez said the conclave was a historic moment for the Catholic Church in which “we all have our own ...

A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave.