(SOUNDBITE OF BELL TOLLING) SHERLOCK: But it wasn't always like this. In fact, this will be only the 26th conclave held ...

On Wednesday, the inside of the Sistine Chapel was prepared for the start of the Papal Conclave to elect Pope Francis' ...

The Sistine Chapel, a sacred room in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, is one of the most famous chapels in the world—and ...

Usually, popes live in the papal apartments at the Apostolic Palace. Pope Leo may buck tradition like Pope Francis. Photos ...

Black smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily while celebrating his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Sistine ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

As the world watches the conclave, underway inside the Sistine Chapel, seagulls perched atop the roof, giving them a bird’s-eye view of the chimney where a plume of white or black smoke will soon tell ...

Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, ...

In fact, this will be only the 26th conclave held inside the Sistine Chapel, and there have been 266 popes. LUCIANO GAGLIANO: The conclave in the past could be organized everywhere, not only Rome ...