VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Robert Prevost, seated beneath Michelangelo’s monumental fresco of the Last Judgement, buried his head in his hands as the sound of his name echoed off the walls of the Sistine ...

This image released by Focus Features shows Ralph Fiennes in a scene from ‘Conclave’ (© 2024 Focus Features, LLC. All Rights Reserved.) Inside the secret ...

Cardinals face ex-communication if they spill secrets of the conclave. March 11, 2013— -- Final adjustments are being made to the Sistine Chapel today before the 115 Roman Catholic cardinals ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

On most days, the Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations, but this week it served as the world’s most secretive polling station as 133 cardinals voted for the 267th pope. On ...

VATICAN CITY — The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry. A meditation to start the conclave had dragged on and pushed their first vote ...

Cardinal Prevost ousted Cardinal Parolin in the fourth conclave vote by garnering cross-party support from progressive, moderate, and some conservative cardinals. Leon XIV officiates his first mass as ...

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn't elected pope in first vote Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church. At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an ...