Fr. Schmidt says in past centuries, some conclaves have lasted for months, but no conclave has lasted more than four days ...

The longest conclave lasted almost three years. Thankfully, the timeframe has changed drastically in recent years.

The master of ceremonies has called "extra omnes" -- ordering all those who are not cardinal electors to exit the Sistine Chapel prior to the start of the conclave. The door to the Sistine Chapel ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signalling that cardinals locked inside have elected ...

What is the science behind the smoke signals on the Sistine Chapel to announce if a new pope has been elected?

Speaking about how the new pope, 69, prepped ahead of the voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel, John revealed that his ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope. Freed from ...

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday (May 8) and the bells of St Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals ...

Pope Leo XIV will lead a private mass from the Sistine Chapel later this morning, marking his first engagement since his ...