The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

In a historic moment, Pope Leo XIV made his first public appearance from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after being ...

With Pope Francis' burial rites done, the world's focus is now on the Sistine Chapel, where the 133 cardinals are locked up ...

Cardinals fail to select a pope in the morning session of day 2 of the papal conclave at the Sistine Chapel.

: Black smoke rises above the Sistine Chapel, Cardinals fail to elect a new pope after two rounds, voting to continue in the ...

All eyes are on the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, where either black smoke or white smoke will emerge to signal whether a ...

Cardinal electors are meeting in the Sistine Chapel to vote on a new Pope until they have a two-thirds majority. NBC News ...

The first smoke signal from the papal conclave is expected to rise from the Sistine Chapel “not before 7:00 p.m.” on ...

When a new pope is selected, the Vatican will release white smoke into the air. Wooward says it was a tragedy to lose Pope Francis, and the Catholic Diocese of Jackson is praying a new pope is chosen ...

The countdown is on. The papal conclave, a centuries-old practice, is set to begin Wednesday (May 7, 2025) to select a ...