People watch a screen in St .Peter's Square showing cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel, on the first day of the conclave to elect the next pope, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. Kevin Coombs/REUTERS ...

ROME — The conclave to elect the next pope will commence on May 7, according to the Vatican. The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's ...

The Vatican is prioritizing secrecy ahead of the conclave to pick a new pope — as it has for hundreds of years — but in the digital age, that process looks a bit different.

Black smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, meaning that cardinals did not elect a new pope on the first day of the conclave.

Since the death of Pope Francis on April 21, interest has surged in the Oscar-winning film "Conclave" and its source novel, which dramatizes the intrigue behind the election of a new pope. &quot ...

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 Church after the death of Pope Francis last ...

The push for a more traditional pontiff – one who speaks less off the cuff and promotes fewer disruptive initiatives than Pope Francis did – might come down to a matter of religious aesthetics ...

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.

Harry Styles, 31, was seemingly spotted by fans in the crowd gathered in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican on Thursday, May 8, when Pope Leo XIV was named as the late Pope Francis' successor.

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 reveals the complex system that will signal a new pope Stoves have been installed in the Sistine Chapel that will generate smoke, marking the progress of the conclave's mission to choose a ...

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 ...