MARTÍNEZ: It was their final public appearance before going to the Sistine Chapel to select a new pope. There, they will sit beneath the ceilings of Michelangelo's paintings ... They locked the doors.

The doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican were closed on Wednesday, signalling the start of a secret conclave where 133 ...

The project of the Sistine Chapel began in 1473, when a previous building on the site was destroyed, but the wall base and asymmetrical plan ... He ended up finishing his masterpiece of painting the ...

Vatican City: The doors of the Sistine Chapel closed on Wednesday, signalling the beginning of the conclave in which 133 cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis, according to a live ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

VATICAN CITY — The doors of the Sistine Chapel closed on Wednesday, signaling the beginning of the conclave in which 133 cardinals will elect the successor to Pope Francis, according to a live ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of ...

VATICAN CITY — The great doors of the Sistine Chapel shut Wednesday after the cry of “extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ritual ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With the cry of “Extra omnes” — Latin for “all out” — the great doors of the Sistine Chapel closed Wednesday and 133 cardinals began the secretive, centuries-old ...

VATICAN CITY, May 7 (Reuters) - The doors of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican were closed on Wednesday, signalling the start of a secret conclave where 133 cardinals from around the world will ...