Despite the warm embrace from Romans and while Rome observes nine days of mourning for the popular late pope, a few of ...

The French president held a series of meetings with cardinals and other Church officials while in the Italian capital last ...

Known by his peers as a serious theologian, scholar and educator, Erdő, 72, is a leading contender among conservatives. He ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave. After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, ...

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White smoke from the simple, skinny copper pipe placed by Vatican firefighters will signal the selection of a new Pope.

From the longest conclave lasting nearly three years, prompting citizens to lock cardinals in and restrict their meals, to ...

In preparations for next week’s conclave to elect a new pope, a chimney has been installed atop the Sistine Chapel to signal ...

The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which ...