The renowned Sistine Chapel is a chapel within the Apostolic Palace, which is the pope's official residence in Vatican City ... artists already present in Rome including Pinturicchio, Bartolomeo ...

NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports from outside the Sistine Chapel on the history ... but also outside Rome. SHERLOCK: Luciano Gagliano works in the immense Vatican Museums, whose 4 miles of galleries ...

Each day, our special correspondents in Rome tell you what is happening at the Vatican in this very special time until the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to choose a ...

(Vatican Media via AP) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday ... “I hope that when I return to Rome this evening, I’ll find the white smoke already ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the ...

CARDINALS from around the world convened in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rome as the Roman Catholic Church begins the secretive conclave to elect a new p ...

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of ...

After two days of contemplation and balloting, a new Pope has been elected. White smoke emanating from the Sistine Chapel ...