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 ...

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

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

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,' ...

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

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

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

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

The centuries-old ritual, which is expected to last several days, comes just over a fortnight after the death of Pope Francis ...