Artists have captured the hidden world of papal elections for centuries, turning secrecy into spectacle for the public.

Wildfire smoke worsened by the climate crisis caused 15,000 deaths from 2006 to 2020. A new study examining the effects of ...

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

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

A new study links 15,000 U.S. deaths to wildfire smoke made worse by climate change, with billions in economic costs.

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after ...

All eyes are on Vatican City for the sign of a new pope, as cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel to begin the secret conclave meeting. The 133 electors, mostly dressed in distinctive bright red ...

Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...