Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.

Nestled in the heart of the Italian capital whose hills bear silent witness to the most decadent customs throughout the ages, ...

The image, shared Friday night on Trump's Truth Social site and later reposted by the White House on its official X account, ...

President Donald Trump shared a doctored image of himself as pope, a role he cannot hold, drawing condemnation.

Just days before the Vatican convenes to elect a new pope, US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by seemingly ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

What does it take to become a pope? The Holy See shared the minimum qualifications for a pope on its official LinkedIn account after it received "several messages of interest in the Sede Vacante." The ...