Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Cardinals have been locked inside the Sistine Chapel for a second day to elect a new pope—watch our live stream of the chimney.

Southland Catholics gathered Wednesday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to celebrate a special Mass for the election of a new pope following the death of Pope Francis. The Mass, which ...

Youngstown Bishop David Bonnar held a special Mass in Massillon on Wednesday to pray for the men assigned to choose the next pope.

All eyes are on the chimney over the Sistine Chapel for signs of white smoke that will herald the election of a new pope.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, delivered this homily at the “Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" ...