White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after ...

The Cardinals elected a new Pope on the second day of the conclave to choose the next leader of the Catholic Church after ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

After the death of a Pope, a papal conclave—an incredibly secretive and important process— takes place in the Vatican as ...

Around 6 p.m. local time in Rome, white smoke began to come from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating the conclave has chosen its 267th pope. This means at least two-thirds of the cardinals ...

Just after noon ET (around 6pm local time in Vatican City), white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney as bells rang ...

Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating ...

The Vatican News, the official communications outlet of the Vatican, posted on X on Wednesday that all nonessential personnel had left the Sistine Chapel so the cardinals could vote in private. The ...

Conclave has been described as a research tool for the ongoing Papal election and Megyn Kelly might not be happy about it.

The last time no pre-conclave order came in to the Vatican’s tailor of choice, Gammarelli, was October 1978, when cardinal electors voted a successor to Pope John Paul I, who died after 33 days as ...

Bells rang in St. Peter's Square and the crowd erupted in cheers on the second day of the papal conclave when white smoke ...