Once they are closed in the chapel will have no communication with the outside world until a new pope is elected.

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals began the centuries-old ritual to ...

The Catholic faithful’s eyes are now set on a small chimney at the Sistine Chapel, waiting for the result of the papal ...

As the papal conclave begins on Wednesday, thousands of onlookers will gather in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, eager for the first update on who will be the next ...

All eyes will be on the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday to see if black or white smoke emerges on the first day of the ...

An insider said the Sistine Chapel would undergo a 'radical transformation' so that it would be ready for one of the most ...

Ahead of the conclave to elect a new pope, a chimney has been installed atop the Sistine Chapel to signal when a new pontiff has been selected. NBC News' Anne Thompson describes how it works.

When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they ...

The Sistine Chapel prepares for the May 7 conclave, where cardinals will elect a new Pope, signalling the momentous event ...

The famous chimney that will signify to the world the election of a new pope has been installed on the roof of the Sistine ...

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

Catholic cardinals are filing into the Sistine Chapel for the start of the conclave to elect a new pope to follow Pope ...