The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning in Rome, signaling that the 133 cardinal ...

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of ...

In fact, this will be only the 26th conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel, and there have been 266 popes. LUCIANO GAGLIANO: ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

As the world watches the conclave, underway inside the Sistine Chapel, seagulls perched atop the roof, giving them a bird’s-eye view of the chimney where a plume of white or black smoke will soon tell ...

Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

The Sistine Chapel, a sacred room in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, is one of the most famous chapels in the world—and ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

The black smoke confirmed the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside had not reached the required two-thirds majority — at ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...