Catholic cardinal electors from six continents gathered Wednesday inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select a new pope. After the first round of voting, black smoke ...

Update: White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope.

The 133 voting cardinals have returned to the Santa Marta residence inside the Vatican, where they will remain sequestered. Meanwhile, the rest of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics will have to ...

A group of 133 cardinals from the College of Cardinals met at the Vatican to vote through secret ballot, with a two-thirds majority required to select the Catholic Church's next leader.

Phone signals in Vatican City will be cut throughout the duration of the conclave, with one small exception Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto; Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Since the last conclave in ...

Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican indicates a new round of voting is set to happen. White smoke signals a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church is selected. "Dearest brothers ...

A common belief among people of influence in the Vatican is that Francis, who died on Easter Monday, was beloved by the public — but a little too improvisational for the more buttoned-up ...

Cardinals will gather for the papal conclave — the centuries-old tradition through which a new head of the Catholic Church is elected — starting May 7, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said ...

Pope Francis died April 21 at the age of 88. Photos released by the Vatican Media show two stoves and a series of chimney pipes installed within the Sistine Chapel and workers installing a chimney ...

Keeping secrets is sacrosanct in the Vatican; in the conclave, it’s canon. As the College of Cardinals goes behind closed doors Wednesday in Vatican City for the papal conclave, the world will ...

By Emma Bubola Reporting from Vatican City The conclave to elect the next pope will start on May 7, the Vatican said on Monday, setting up a vote that will decide the future of the Roman Catholic ...

The 'As It Was' singer seemingly had a unique excursion to the Vatican on May 8 Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson ...