The College of Cardinals will begin the secretive voting process of choosing a new pope on Wednesday, May 7, and FOX 5 NY will have a 24/7 LIVE look at the Sistine Chapel.

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The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the May 7 conclave, with firefighters on Friday installing a chimney on the roof ...

During the seating there's no communication with the outside world on the proceedings, except for the smoke signals from the ...

After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...

A Maryland parish priest told OSV News ahead of the upcoming conclave that he has "an enormous degree of confidence" in the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had ...

Gammarelli family's clerical tailor shop in Rome prepared vestments for Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II ...

Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of Sistine Chapel installing the chimney, a key moment in the preparation for the ...

All but four of the 135 cardinals who are eligible to enter the conclave May 7 to vote for a new pope had arrived in Rome by ...

Despite the warm embrace from Romans and while Rome observes nine days of mourning for the popular late pope, a few of ...