Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, and it remains unclear whether the new pope will align with Francis’s more ...

The Sistine Chapel seagulls are becoming the stars of the 2025 papal conclave. The livestream of the historic event panned to ...

The world officially has a new pope in Robert Francis Prevost, the first American ever to become pontiff, and with his ...

VATICAN CITY — On Wednesday afternoon, red-hatted clerics who carry the same weight and dignity as princes within the Catholic Church entered the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave to choose Pope ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

White smoke means habemus papam - we have a new pope. (SOUNDBITE OF BELL TOLLING) SHERLOCK: But it wasn't always like this. In fact, this will be only the 26th conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel, ...

Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

As the Sistine Chapel closes its doors to prepare for one of the world’s most secretive and symbolically charged events, all eyes are on what happens next inside Michelangelo’s masterpiece as ...

Besides being the pope's main chapel, the Sistine Chapel has been the site of the conclave, the election that selects a new pope when there is a vacancy. About 135 cardinals will gather in the ...

This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. What's it like inside and how is it outfitted for this particular gathering? : [POST-BROADCAST ...

The Sistine Chapel serves as the seat of the papal conclave since 1878 and has become a popular site for tourists, welcoming millions of visitors every year. This article tagged under: Catholic ...