After a cry by an archbishop of “Extra omnes,” or everyone out, the doors of the Sistine Chapel were shut around 5:44 p.m. as the conclave began amid hermetic secrecy.

VATICAN CITY — As the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel in procession Wednesday for the start of the conclave to pick the next pope, talk was swirling that the throne of St. Peter could go to ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis are taking ...

From a portable throne carried on the shoulders of attendants to state-of-the-art electric cars, the pope’s means of transportation have evolved considerably over the years.

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning period for Pope Francis. Latest U.S.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cleaners and cooks. Doctors and nurses. Even drivers and elevator operators. All the support staff for the cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis must take an ...

The Vatican has released images of Pope Francis being laid out in an open coffin ahead of the Confirmation of the Death of the Pontiff ceremony.

All mobile phone signal will be deactivated in the Vatican on Wednesday ahead of the highly secretive conclave to elect the next pope, Italian state media reported.

Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, head of the Vatican’s health department, revealed the pontiff’s official cause of death and noted that in addition to the cerebral stroke, the 88-year-old pope was ...

A chimney was installed Friday on the roof of the Sistine Chapel ahead of the conclave set to begin next Wednesday, which will decide the successor to Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY _ The chimney is up, the tourists are out and the cardinals are on deck. Final preparations were under way Saturday in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave of prelates who will elect a ...

No pope is chosen after first day of Vatican conclave Over the coming days, eyes will search for the billowing white smoke that signals Habemus Papam: “We have a pope.” Updated May 7, 2025 ...