Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the May 7 conclave. After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine ...

VATICAN CITY — Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. The Holy See released a video ...

ROME — It could very well be the biggest sporting event ever held inside the walls of the Vatican. The Giro d’Italia will pay homage to the late Pope Francis by passing through the Vatican ...

Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij arrives at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of cardinals in the New Synod Hall where they are preparing for the ...

Francis, history's first Latin American pope, died April 21 at age 88.The chimney installation took place as cardinals arrived in the Vatican for another day of pre-conclave discussions about the ...

ROME—Years before Pope Francis died, he approached the man he wanted to carry out the rites and rituals that would surround his death as pontiff. Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Farrell accepted ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican post offices and selected collectors’ shops this week started selling special stamps marking the period between Pope Francis’ death and the election of his successor.

VATICAN CITY _ The chimney is up, the tourists are out and the cardinals are on deck. Final preparations were under way Saturday in the Sistine Chapel for the conclave of prelates who will elect a ...

Some 133 Catholic cardinals will gather below Michelangelo's famed frescoes in the 15th-century chapel, situated inside the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

Donald Trump, after joking about becoming Pope, posted an AI-generated image of himself in papal attire on Truth Social, sparking widespread reactions. This occurred as the Catholic Church ...