Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that ...

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84) who commissioned it. The three-storey brick ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

The black and white smoke that emerges from the Sistine Chapel during a papal conclave is part of a longstanding tradition — ...

The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican owes its name to Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84), who commissioned it. The three-storey brick ...

The College of Cardinals will meet beginning Wednesday, May 7, 2025, to vote in a papal conclave -- a secret ballot where two ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again ...

Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for ...

Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

Papal conclave ballots have been burned to maintain secrecy for centuries. Ballot smoke has been used to announce a decision ...

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

The conclave to select the next Pope is starting, and the Sistine Chapel is the room where it happens. As depicted (with some ...