The most-watched chimney in the world right now is the one attached to the Sistine Chapel, which signaled around noon E.T. on May 8 that a new pope has been chosen. Massive crowds cheered in Vatican ...

The papal conclave at the Vatican that will decide the next pope after the death of Pope Francis has the world watching livestreams of the thing that will tell us what's going on: a chimney. It's not ...

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THE VATICAN (AP) — Black smoke is again pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating that no pope was elected on second or third ballots of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic ...

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 ...

With the funeral of Pope Francis now behind us, officials at the Vatican are getting ready for the conclave, which will ultimately choose the new pope. On Friday morning, May 2, Vatican workers were ...

As we begin shoving the holidays back into their bins for another year, I inevitably find myself camped out by the fireplace, mentally replaying the day. This is an annual exercise. What went well?

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic ...