Catholic cardinals across five continents are now in seclusion at the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7 to vote for the successor to Pope Francis in a conclave that could take hours or days. The ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

Beneath the outstretched arms of Adam and God in the Sistine Chapel, around 250 cardinals are sequestered in an effort to find the next Holy Father. Their work began on May 7, after a solemn ceremony ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Leo spoke off-the-cuff in ...