Cardinals from around the world sequestered themselves in the Vatican on Wednesday as they began the secretive process of electing a new pope to succeed Francis, who died last month. The first ...

Black smoke was seen rising from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel at 9 p.m. local time Wednesday — signaling to 1.4 billion Catholics that the election of a new pope will continue. Cardinals ...

As cardinals flock to Rome for the papal conclave to decide the next pope, a movement is underway to bring in a successor who will be more traditional than Pope Francis.. A common belief among ...

Inside the Vatican’s High-Tech Plan to Keep Conclave for New Pope Secret Phone signals in Vatican City will be cut throughout the duration of the conclave, with one small exception By ...

VATICAN CITY (7News) — Whenever a Pope dies or decides to step down, a special group of church leaders called the College of Cardinals comes together to choose a new Pope. A Conclave is a ...

People watch a screen in St .Peter's Square showing cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel, on the first day of the conclave to elect the next pope, at the Vatican, May 7, 2025. Kevin Coombs/REUTERS ...

That fence encircles the campo centrale of the Catholic church: the Vatican City tennis court — now under the dominion of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, or rather Pope Leo XIV.

Inside the Vatican April 23, 2025 The body of Pope Francis is carried into St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, where he will lie in state for three days. (AP Photo ...

Bishop Paul Tighe, the No. 2 in the Vatican’s culture and education ministry, said hosting the Giro highlights “that there is kind of an interest in the Church in the whole reality of sport.