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

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

The Sistine Chapel, a sacred room in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, is one of the most famous chapels in the world—and ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the ...

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

The doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican were closed on Wednesday, signalling the start of a secret conclave where 133 cardinals from around the world will elect a new pope.

As cardinals gather at the Sistine Chapel to begin voting for a successor to Pope Francis, there is no single frontrunner, ...

The cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the conclave to elect a new pope — but no winner emerged Wednesday night as black smoke billowed up from the Sistine Chapel ...

Besides being the pope's main chapel, the Sistine Chapel has been the site of the conclave, the election that selects a new pope when there is a vacancy. About 135 cardinals will gather in the ...

NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports from outside the Sistine Chapel on the history of the conclave. RUTH SHERLOCK, BYLINE: From here ...

This process, known as the conclave, will start on May 7 at the Sistine Chapel, which closed to the public yesterday in preparation. Though the conclave has been held at various venues over the ...

Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that ...