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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals have begun the secretive process known ...

In a process dating to medieval times, the cardinals will file into the Vatican’s frescoed Sistine Chapel after a public Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and start their secret conclave for a ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave starting Wednesday to elect a successor to ...

ROME, Italy — When a new pope is needed, the College of Cardinals gather at the Vatican to vote and colored smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney depending on the result — but what ...

In total, 133 cardinals will be voting during conclave, the most electors ever. LONDON and VATICAN CITY -- All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the ...

Crowds gather on St Peter's Square as they wait for smoke to signify if a new pope has been elected at the conclave on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty After two days of contemplation ...

whose interior seat resembles the Holy Father’s throne. This was considered a historic vehicle, as it was the first to leave Vatican City since the fall of Rome in 1870. Years later, Pope Pius ...