Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He ...

Extra omnes.” With these words in Latin, which mean “everybody out,” the highest-ranking officials of the Catholic Church will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel for a secret vote to elect a new pope ...

Cardinals begin secret election to choose next Pope in Sistine Chapel - In the pre-conclave Mass, senior cardinal Giovanni Battista Re prayed for the cardinal electors to be enlightened to choose “the ...

More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most geographically diverse conclave in the faith’s 2,000-year ...

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney.

The cardinal electors had earlier gathered in the nearby Pauline Chapel in silent prayer before proceeding to the 15th-century Sistine Chapel, where tables and chairs have been laid out beneath ...

Construction on the Sistine Chapel actually began two years before Michelangelo was born ... who are descending (or being escorted) to hell. Christ is joined by the Virgin Mary, St. Peter holding ...

They return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning ... Speaking in Latin, Parolin stood before Michelangelo's vision of heaven and hell, “The Last Judgment,” and led the cardinals in ...

With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor has officially begun.

The conclave will be held in the Sistine Chapel, under a ceiling of Michelangelo's frescoes ... and souls being thrown into hell. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2 ...

Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel to continue voting for a new pope. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first ...