Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

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 ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been named as the new pope after being elected by the conclave. He is the first American to be ...

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