Ballots are burned in the process, but the smoke seen by the world is created using another stove, the Vatican Information ...

Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1.4 billion followers for 12 years, died April 21 ...

The late Pope Francis came to Washington, D.C., to speak to a Joint Meeting of Congress on Sept. 24, 2015. He wasn’t the ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the ...

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the ...

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

Maneuvering has already begun ahead of the Conclave that starts next week. If a compromise is found in the current talks, it ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them ...

The best time to be in St. Peter’s Square to see the smoke is just after 7 p.m. the first day of the conclave, May 7; and on ...

During the conclave to elect a new pope by secret ballot set to begin in Rome on May 7, cardinals inside the sealed-off Sistine Chapel will send out a column of smoke to tell onlookers whether ...

From conclave to “Habemus papam,” here’s what to know about the words and phrases that guide the process after a pope dies. By Jonathan Wolfe The transition from one pope to the next can be ...