A chair is taken away at the end of a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica, before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP ...

I understood why the election of a pope should take place nowhere else but the Sistine Chapel. Imagine 133 cardinals in red choir dress, processing at the start of the conclave to swear an oath ...

According to The Vatican: “On Wednesday afternoon, under the gaze of Michelangelo’s frescoes, the 133 cardinals taking part in the 2025 conclave entered the Sistine Chapel. The ancient ritual ...

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter's rang out on Thursday, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and ...

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Pope Leo XIV Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to get an update about their ...

Pope Leo XIV, along with representatives of the Romanian church and the country's Jewish community, paid tribute to the ...