Newly installed Pope Leo XIV will hold a Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, a day after he was elected as ...

Millions now await the announcement of the new head of the Catholic Church after the decision made on Thursday by 133 cardinals who gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the historic vote.

White smoke was seen pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling the College of Cardinals has chosen a successor to ...

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8) and the bells of St Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals ...

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

A new pontiff has been selected on the second day of the conclave. The signal was met with an eruption of cheers from the ...

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

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

The wait for a new pope goes on after black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel following ... to help them elect a pope “whom the (Catholic) Church and humanity need at this difficult and complex ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

Addressing the cardinals in English, he said, "You have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed," and asked for their ...

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