The white smoke came out of the chimney on the fifth ballot on March 13, 2013, and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ...

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 ...

Catholic cardinals are locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel, sequestered from the world to elect the man ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8) and the bells of St Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals ...

An insider said the Sistine Chapel would undergo a 'radical transformation' so that it would be ready for one of the most ...

Various security measures are in place to prevent the transmitting of information, and cardinals will be in a protective ...

A new pope has been chosen, indicated by white smoke that bellowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday afternoon.

Pope Leo XIV held the first mass of his papacy Friday morning in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected ...

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

First vote to decide the next Pope to take place today - Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio ...

Workers installed a chimney inside and on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, along with an elevated flooring and tables for the ...