His successor will have to make it work. When cardinals from around the world gather in the Sistine Chapel in early May to elect a new pontiff, following Francis’ death on Easter Monday ...

“He will not be in the Sistine Chapel to vote” with the other cardinals, the aide said, but he will be among his fellow cardinals as discussions over a successor begin. Any baptized Roman ...

White smoke will be sent from the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling to announce that a new pope has been elected. Mike Guillen/NY Post Design Then-President George W. Bush and his wife Laura attended the ...

Usually within 15 to 20 days after the papacy is vacated, cardinal electors meet in the Sistine Chapel and begin the strictly secretive voting process. Throughout the conclave, cardinals are under ...

The conclave involves secret ballots and discussions within the Sistine Chapel, with black smoke signifying an inconclusive vote and white smoke announcing the new pope. A two-thirds majority is ...

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The closed-door assembly of the College of Cardinals – limited to 120 electors under current regulations – will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, and start proceedings with a mass. In the afternoon ...

When, eight years later, I reported on another conclave and again stood in St. Peter’s Square scrutinizing the color of smoke leaking out the Sistine Chapel (which signals that a new pope has ...