A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

Speaking to BBC News, Mathew Schmalz, a professor in Catholic studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, says ...

Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

St. Peter’s Square is filled with anticipation as more than 45,000 faithful watch the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, ...

People all around the world will be watching the chimney to see if black or white smoke is emitted, indicating whether a new ...

Anticipation grips the Catholic world as cardinals prepare for a second day of voting in the Vatican conclave, following the ...

More than 130 cardinals from all over the world are gathering today for the papal conclave, through which a new head of the ...

The Vatican's Sistine Chapel has been set up to host 133 Cardinal electors for the upcoming conclave to elect the 267th Pope.

veiling anything that can’t be removed in black or purple. Holy water is also removed from the fonts in churches on Good Friday and Holy Saturday in preparation for the blessing of the water at ...

Russia has accused Volodymyr Zelensky of making a “direct threat” to its World War II commemorations on May 9, after the ...

The new pope's leadership will set the tone for the Church's future, whether continuing Francis's progressive reforms or ...