On May 7, in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the conclave for the election of the new pope — the Catholic Church's most secret and fascinating ritual — will begin.

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Red-robed cardinals assembled in the Vatican on Wednesday to pray, shortly before being locked in to elect a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

Statues of the basilica are silhouetted as the conclave to elect a new Pope starts, at St Peter’s Square in The Vatican, on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Red-robed cardinals ...

Cardinals from around the world have entered the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on Wednesday to begin the private process of ...

the prelates gathered in the Vatican's Pauline Chapel in silent prayer. They then proceeded into the 15th-century Sistine Chapel -- a few meters way -- for the conclave itself, where they will be ...

Experts say the process requires "two custom fireworks", smoke test rehearsals and Vatican firefighters on standby.

Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted on the second day of the conclave ... File) ...

As the conclave to find Pope Francis’ successor continues, the cardinals are not eating gourmet food amid their sequestered ...

Here are the five things that Conclave gets right about the papal election. Conclave portrayed the papal election process as ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are beginning centuries-old rituals to elect a successor to Pope Francis. They ...

MANILA: Behind the Vatican's unyielding walls, centuries of secrecy have cloaked the process of choosing the next leader of ...