The chimney installation took place as cardinals arrived in the Vatican for another day of pre-conclave discussions about the ...

The papal smoke signals are ready. Vatican workers on Friday hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel, which ...

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the ...

The 'white smoke' represents the final moment of the Conclave. The act that marks the election of the new Pope. Vatican ...

Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the ...

While the film gets some details right, it takes liberties with the process, including the cardinals’ interactions and ...

Five days before cardinals gather for the conclave, firefighters on Friday installed the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel ...

VATICAN CITY - If Roman Catholic cardinals have not picked a new pope by day three of next week's conclave, then things are ...

At private dinners and at formal gatherings of cardinals, talk among church leaders of who will next lead the church has certainly already begun.

The cardinals participating in the conclave are forbidden to speak about anything surrounding the ballots during which they must choose the future pope. Yet, this obligation of secrecy is not always ...

Workers install the chimney used to communicate the election of a new Pope, on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, at The Vatican ...