Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Cardinal Timothy Peter Joseph Radcliffe arrives at the Vatican, Saturday, May 3, 2025, to attend the General Congregation of ...

"His pontificate was a light for all of us," said Sister Mary T. Barron, superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles ...