VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

A new papal election — known as the conclave — is set to begin following Pope Francis' death. The method the Catholic Church uses to elect its leader has stayed almost the same for 800 years.

Cardinals electing a new pope have some fundamental questions to weigh, beyond whether to give the Catholic Church its first Asian or African pontiff, or a conservative or progressive. Although they ...

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 choose a ...

Cardinals arrive to attend the Ninth Novemdiale mass at St Peter's Basilica in The Vatican, on May 4, 2025. [AFP] The Vatican's papal conclave to choose a new spiritual leader for the world's 1.4 ...

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Watch 'Conclave.' How to view the 2024 movie about the pope selection Cardinals from around the world are at the Sistine Chapel in Rome for the ...