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Cardinal electors will soon withdraw to the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel to pray, deliberate and cast votes in secret ballot ...
A conclave will go on for as long as needed. The longest was almost three years from 1268 to 1271. Some have been a day. The ...
The world is waiting to see who will replace Pope Francis, and Newsweek reveals when you can expect to see smoke signals.
As a fireworks expert tests the Vatican's contemporary system for "holy smoke," Catholic cardinals mull their divergent ...
The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again ...
White smoke curled from a chimney over the Sistine Chapel at 7:06 p.m. on March 13, 2013. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of ...
Stoves have been installed in the Sistine Chapel that will generate smoke, marking the progress of the conclave's mission to choose a new pope.