VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ...

Cardinals have handed in their mobile phones and taken oaths of secrecy as they begin the secret Conclave to decide the next ...

The election for a new pope continues as black smoke above the Sistine Chapel signals that the cardinals have cast their ...

A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave.

When the cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel and process to the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to begin the process of choosing a new pope, they call upon the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they sing ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals began meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor.

Voting will continue among the cardinals gathered in Vatican City after no one gained the required two-thirds majority to ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York made his way to the Sistine Chapel May 7 to participate in the conclave process to elect the next pope.

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of ...

Catholic cardinal electors from five continents are gathering at the Vatican for the 2025 conclave to select the next pope.

Cardinals from around the world have entered the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the private process of ...