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 Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election ... crucial decisions that have marked the millennia-long life of the Church. Its symbolic proximity to the site of St. Peter’s martyrdom ...

Before the doors were shut, leaders of the Catholic church from over 70 countries – the largest conclave in history — filed into the 15th century Sistine Chapel and — wearing robes from ...

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, ...

The Vatican on Tuesday released photos of the Sistine Chapel prepared for the arrival ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, spoke ...

The official start of the papal conclave to elect the next leader of the Catholic Church is about to begin. The 133 voting cardinals are expected to take their oaths at the Sistine Chapel at about ...

Red curtains are hung on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables, ballots, pens, and ...

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 ...