Besides its masterpieces by Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel is undergoing a makeover, involving the installation of a stove ...

Infighting, smear campaigns, papal letters from beyond the grave: The conclave to elect a new pope is giving the film a run ...

The cardinals will gather at St. Peter’s Basilica May 7 to celebrate a special Mass before gathering in the Sistine Chapel to ...

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The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover how the Vatican's conclave works, where cardinals elect a new pope. Learn about the secret voting process and the cardinal electors.

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

Scholars say that lens blinds audiences to the real dynamics inside the synod hall. Michael Sean Winters, writing for ...