Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

The Sistine Chapel is ready for the papal conclave. Front-runners such as Parolin and Tagle are losing momentum amid a ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass in the Sistine Chapel, where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier. He prayed that ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

In Rome, crowds have gathered at St Peter's Square, their eyes fixed on the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. They are eagerly awaiting the appointment of a new pope, hoping for white smoke to signal the ...

Following Pope Francis's death, the Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel to prepare for the papal conclave. Cardinals will ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning ... “I hope that when I return to Rome this evening, I’ll find the white smoke already rising.” The voting cardinals began ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning, signalling a new pope has yet to be chosen. Cardinals ...

In Rome, the phrase is heard frequently ... and outcomes can surprise even seasoned Vatican watchers Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn’t elected pope ...

This secretive conclave to elect the next pope is being held in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. What's it like inside and how ...

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

The black smoke confirmed the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside had not reached the required two-thirds majority — at ...