With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

Hundreds of people watched on giant video screens and waited for the first puffs of smoke to learn whether a pope had been ...

All eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday to see if black or white smoke emerges on the first day of the ...

On Friday morning, May 2, Vatican workers were seen hoisting a chimney onto the roof at the Sistine Chapel, according to ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

The Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State installed the ceremonial chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel ahead ...

Vatican workers hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which will be used in burning the ballots for the ...