The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

Some 133 cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel and are locked inside, tasked with choosing the next leader of the Catholic ...

Ahead of the election of the next pope, a chimney was installed atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday, which will help notify the ...

Wednesday: in the Basilica of St. Peter, all the cardinals will participate in the votive mass 'Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice ...

Stoves have been installed in the Sistine Chapel that will generate smoke, marking the progress of the conclave's mission to choose a new pope.

The Vatican's Sistine Chapel has been set up to host 133 Cardinal electors for the upcoming conclave to elect the 267th Pope.

Workers have been preparing the Sistine Chapel for the upcoming conclave where a new pope will be elected, including ...

Black smoke from the chimney will signal more voting, while white smoke tells the world that a new pope has been elected.

The Archdiocese of Manila has issued a prayer ahead of next week’s papal conclave, calling on the faithful to unite in prayer ...

A video released by the Vatican on Saturday, Rome time, showed workers preparing inside the Sistine Chapel for the conclave, ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...