You can watch our live stream video below from the Vatican of the chimney above the Sistine Chapel ... seclusion of the Sistine Chapel. What Is a Conclave? How Secretive Papal Election Works ...

Dramatic license aside, the Oscar-nominated Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes ... As ballots were burned, black smoke billowed out of the Vatican chimney around 9 pm local time on Wednesday ...

Cardinal David, one of the 133 cardinal electors who voted for the new pope, shares a rare glimpse into the Conclave.

When the cardinals vote, they burn their ballots and send up smoke to signal their decision: white smoke to show they have ...

“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the ...

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after dropping an impromptu beatbox and dance session during a Catholic television program.

The cardinals would sit in a hall in a half circle with the dean of the college of cardinals, the Italian Giovanni Battista, ...

COMMENTARY: Not since 1808 when Bishop John Carroll was the bishop of Baltimore — then the only diocese in the United States ...

Religious scholars and political pundits are asking if (and how far) the new Pope Leo XIV will advance the Church, and ...

The setting of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee meetings to set the official cash rate every six weeks or so is ...

A two-day conclave has come to an end with the election of Pope Leo XIV, successor to Pope Francis and the first American ...