Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming ...

More cardinals from more countries than ever will gather in the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to choose a new pope at a ...

CITÉ DU VATICAN, Holy See (AFP) — Besides its masterpieces by Michelangelo, the Sistine Chapel is undergoing a makeover, ...

Workers enter the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on May 2 to install a stove and chimney to be used for the election of a new ...

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

Around 135 cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday to begin the process of electing the new leader of the ...

The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.

The preparations are all leading up to the solemn pageantry of the start of the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis ...

Vatican workers installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the conclave to elect a ...

Stoves have been installed in the Sistine Chapel that will generate smoke, marking the progress of the conclave's mission to ...

The secretive process could have begun as early as Monday, but the cardinals gave themselves extra time to get to know one ...

The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the "must see" list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican.