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

Striking new images show Vatican firefighters installing a chimney at the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave next week.

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

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

The conclave that begins next week to elect a successor for Pope Francis is the first in over 46 years for which the Vatican ...

CNN’s Vatican Correspondent, Christopher Lamb, takes a glimpse inside the Vatican, looking at the old sites of where part of ...

With 135 cardinals eligible to vote, the coming conclave is set to be the largest in the history of the Catholic Church and ...

The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave ...

About 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new ...

The cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope will gather in the coming weeks and enter seclusion to secretly vote for the ...