Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Cardinals respond to Becciu's withdrawal from the 2025 conclave as frontrunners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

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Right now, everything is secret,’ Madagascar Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana said. ‘It’s the moment for prayers right now.’ ...

The cardinals will gather at St. Peter’s Basilica May 7 to celebrate a special Mass before gathering in the Sistine Chapel to ...

If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are not going to ...

Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking to his first conclave the same spirit that guided his decades-long front-line ministry ...

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

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President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope ...

Cardinals meeting ahead of the conclave also discussed Vatican finances and Cardinal Becciu’s withdrawal from the election of ...

With just four days to go until the conclave to elect a new pope begins, cardinals are addressing a variety of challenges the next pontiff will have to face, and are calling broadly for more clarity, ...