Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass this morning following his election, calling on the Church to focus on areas where ...

Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of conclave voting.

Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signaling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a new leader of the ...

the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the Church. The renowned Sistine Chapel is a chapel within ...

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. The name will be announced later, when a top cardinal utters the words “Habemus papam!” Latin for “We have a pope!” ...

The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables ... are about to cast is who they sincerely believe should lead the Catholic Church. The conclave is imminent, but the cardinals are more discordant ...