Black smoke from a chimney on the roof of the chapel will mark an inconclusive vote, while white smoke and the peeling of bells will signal that the 1.4-billion member church has a new leader. The ...

Although the longest conclave in recent history lasted for five days back in 1922, Cummings says the practice of locking ...

Step into the silent halls of a forgotten Roman Catholic cathedral built in 1905. Once a place of worship, music, and ...