The Sistine Chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an avid art lover who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in ...

Under the frescoes painted by Michelangelo, cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis at the Sistine Chapel as the ...

Catholic cardinals are gathering at the Vatican to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21. Voting will ...

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

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

Currently, 133 cardinals are in Rome for the process while two could not travel due to health concerns. The first vote of ...

Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, indicating that no pope was elected in the first round ...

The seagulls have caught the public eye on the Vatican's livestream of the papal election for the next pontiff ...

Following a 4 p.m. local time vote, the College of Cardinals has sent up white smoke signaling a new pope has been elected, ...

Crowds of Catholics and tourists gathered in St Peter's Square in the Vatican are training their eyes on the Sistine Chapel ...

Black smoke rose up over Saint Peter's Square late Wednesday, signaling the cardinals were unsuccessful in selecting a new ...