Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

The doors to the Sistine Chapel are now closed as the centuries-old ritual to select a new pope begins May 07, 2025, 3:35 PM GMT This week's conclave is the most diverse in history The conclave ...

The cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the conclave to elect a new pope — but no winner emerged Wednesday night as black smoke billowed up from the Sistine Chapel ...

The moment first reached meme status during the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis when two seagulls landed on the Sistine Chapel chimney around 4:30 p.m. local time, lingering for almost 30 ...

When the conclave’s cardinals finish casting their ballots under Michelangelo’s frescoed ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, the 267th pope will have to decide whether to continue Francis’ policies.

they retired for the night and will return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning to try to find a successor to Pope Francis. They had opened the conclave Wednesday afternoon, participating in ...