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

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

Downloads of the 2024 film have surged since the death of Pope Francis—but in the 16th and 17th century, it was etchings that ...

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin May 7, is governed by two texts: ...

Pope John Paul II had the Domus Sanctae Marthae built primarily to house cardinals in simple comfort during a conclave. Pope ...

Teobaldo Visconti became pope Gregory X in September 1271. But the longest conclave in more recent times was that of 1831, ...

The prayer book is the “ Ordo Rituum Conclavis ” (“Rites of the Conclave”), which was approved by St. John Paul II in 1998, ...