Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

The conclave to select the next pope has begun after Catholic cardinals from across the world filed into the Sistine Chapel ...

By Joshua McElwee, Crispian Balmer and Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and ...

Seagulls have found themselves in starring roles since the live streaming of the Sistine Chapel chimney began at the 2005 ...

All 133 cardinal electors are now in the Sistine Chapel. It is within these walls that they will choose the successor to Pope ...

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope have entered the Sistine Chapel to begin voting on Wednesday (May 7), ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to ...

At approximately 5:45 pm on Wednesday, master of ceremonies Diego Ravelli shut the heavy doors of the famous chapel in the Vatican after calling out in a solemn voice the Latin phrase 'Extra Omnes,' ...

Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope were locked behind the heavy wood doors of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

The cardinal electors on Wednesday entered the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave for the election of the 267th Pope then ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...