Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...

White smoke was seen pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling the College of Cardinals has chosen a successor to ...

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 ...

A new pontiff has been selected on the second day of the conclave. The signal was met with an eruption of cheers from the ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney on to the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which ...

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following ... to help them elect a pope “whom the (Catholic) Church and humanity need at this difficult and complex ...

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

Addressing the cardinals in English, he said, "You have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed," and asked for their ...