Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen as the 267th Pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine ...

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, delivering a passionate speech that stressed the importance of spreading God’s word in a world that sometimes ...

White smoke began pouring from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday, signaling the College of Cardinals has chosen a successor to Pope Francis. And now the world waits to learn who he is.

Pope Francis’ successor secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals who took part in the conclave. Sequestering themselves in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday afternoon, they deliberated just ...

When the Roman Catholic College of Cardinals convenes in Vatican City's Sistine Chapel in May to choose a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88, a Michigan native will be taking part.

some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1 ...

VATICAN CITY – With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor has officially begun.

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel minutes after 9 p.m. local time, indicating cardinals did not choose a successor to Pope Francis on its first ballot after day one of the largest ever ...

In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

With the Sistine Chapel doors shut, the cardinals have no contact with the outside world until they decide who among them will succeed Pope Francis. The punishment for violating their oath of ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the ... tasked with casting secret ballots to choose a successor to Pope Francis, who died April 21 of a stroke and heart ...