When Catholic cardinals meet to pick a new pope in a papal conclave, they’re sequestered in the Sistine Chapel so their deliberations aren’t influenced by the outside world—and, as moviegoers who saw ...

A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church ...

White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope. The article below ...

All 133 cardinals are gathered in the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave under strict secrecy, as the world watches and waits for the election of a new pope. Black smoke rose from the chimney around 9 pm ...

White smoke rises from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel meaning that cardinals elected a new pope on the second day of their secret conclave on March 13, 2013 at the Vatican.[AFP] When ...

VATICAN CITY — The first day of a secretive Vatican conclave ended Tuesday with black smoke billowing out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that cardinals had yet to decide on a new pope. Smoke ...