In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...

where they pray God to inspire them for what they're about to do. And then it's a procession. The cardinals come through a huge door, which is now closed - wooden door in the Sistine Chapel.

The cardinals are sealed inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican ... vow and swear, so help me God and these holy gospels of God which I touch with my hand,” the cardinals spoke in Latin while ...

In his regulations for the conclave, St. John Paul II wrote that in the Sistine Chapel, “everything is conducive to an awareness of the presence of God.” After the cardinals take their oaths ...

VATICAN CITY — Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning ... for the Holy Spirit to take over. Whatever God's will, it's going to be great," Triska said.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel ... before God, I think should ...

The most famous scene in the Sistine Chapel is The Creation of Adam. Part of Michelangelo's ceiling paintings, the fresco depicts God giving life to Adam. The iconic image is known for the ...