Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

Catholic cardinals are locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel, sequestered from the world to elect the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global Church.

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 ...

Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, marking the formal start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope ...

The 133 cardinal electors took an oath of secrecy before being locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel for ...

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 ...

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Despite the disappointment, hopes were still high that a pope would be chosen quickly, perhaps as early as Thursday afternoon’s fourth or fifth ballot.

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending ...

The cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the conclave to elect a new pope — but no winner emerged Wednesday night as black smoke billowed up from the Sistine Chapel ...

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for a new pope. The first conclave ballot failed to find a winner after a long voting session, sending black ...

Catholic cardinals have entered the Sistine Chapel where they will sequester themselves for the centuries-old ritual of conclave, a secretive vote to elect the 267th pontiff following the death of ...