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 new leader of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. More ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black smoke billows out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel after the first voting of the Papal Conclave to elect the successor ...

The building houses murals and sculptural reliefs by Jewish artists such as Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel.

Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 infants, the children of Vatican employees, during Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In his homily, the pope urged parents to see ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope and crowds flocked back to St. Peter’s Square to await their decision, after the first conclave ...

VATICAN CITY – With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor has officially begun. More than 130 Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 children in the Sistine Chapel in Rome on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 11, 2026.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The ...