On Wednesday, 7 May, Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel as the conclave - the storied process to elect a new pope - begins. Rome and the Vatican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is to be closed to visitors from Monday due to ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Rome on Thursday afternoon, indicating the 133 cardinals locked inside had elected a successor to Pope Francis. The new pope, the 267th, ...

The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia. Cardinal Ladlislav Német, archbishop of Belgrade, poses with members of ...