The cardinals are voting inside the Sistine Chapel, but the seagulls have the high ground. As the world watches the conclave, ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

No new pope yet. On the first day cardinals gathered to pick the next pontiff, a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel billowed ...

Among the massive crowds of people waiting for the first round of smoke to emanate from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, ...

Lisette Herrera, a 54-year-old tourist from the Dominican Republic, was deeply moved to find herself by chance in Rome as the ...

The Sistine Chapel doors are shut, marking the start of the 2025 Papal Conclave. Cardinals gather to elect the next pope amid ...

Cardinals have handed in their mobile phones and taken oaths of secrecy as they begin the secret Conclave to decide the next ...

The potential influence of the spiritual leader of 1.4 billion Catholics attracts the attention of the secular world as well.

White smoke means a new pope has been chosen, while black smoke signals that a two-thirds majority vote has not yet been reached.

Here is a live feed of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney as the conclave of Catholic cardinals meets in Vatican City to choose the next pope.

Cardinals have no contact with the outside world after the master of liturgical ceremonies utters the words “Extra Omnes” the ...