The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

During the entire papal conclave, seagulls have hopped around the Sistine Chapel chimney, delighting onlookers. See social ...

COMMENTARY: It’s worth noting that the Pauline Chapel, one of three in the Apostolic Palace, is pictured in the Holy Father’s ...

White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

Fr. Schmidt says in past centuries, some conclaves have lasted for months, but no conclave has lasted more than four days ...

The world officially has a new pope in Robert Francis Prevost, the first American ever to become pontiff, and with his ...

The master of ceremonies has called "extra omnes" -- ordering all those who are not cardinal electors to exit the Sistine Chapel prior to the start of the conclave. The door to the Sistine Chapel ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on the second day of the conclave. His papal ...