The gleaming colonnade of St. Peter's Square provides a majestic backdrop as four men wait for a free dinner on a terrace in ...

The stove that will be used to burn ballots during the conclave to elect a new pope in the Sistine Chapel and the machine ...

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

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine ...

Following the death of Pope Francis last week, the Vatican announced the indefinite closure of its famed Vatican Museums as ...

Visitors have been barred from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave of cardinals will vote to elect the next pope.

The Vatican is closing the Sistine Chapel to the public as part of preparations for the conclave to elect the next pope after ...

Pope Francis, left, appears to bestow the Urbi et Orbi blessing (Gregorio Borgia/AP) Francis has only appeared in public a handful of times since returning to the Vatican on March 23 after a 38 ...

Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Easter Sunday, a spokesperson for the vice president said, in a rare meeting after the two men have tangled sharply over immigration ...