Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass this morning following his election, calling on the Church to focus on areas where ...

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday and the bells of St. Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take ...

the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the Church. The renowned Sistine Chapel is a chapel within ...

Two by two, the cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” as Swiss Guards stood at attention. The hymn implores the saints to help the cardinals find a new ...

The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables ... are about to cast is who they sincerely believe should lead the Catholic Church. The conclave is imminent, but the cardinals are more discordant ...