Travellers to Rome should expect closures, visitor restrictions and crowds at some of the city’s main attractions. View on ...

The plume of dark smoke indicates that the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside the chapel have not reached the required ...

New pope elected as white smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel in Rome White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday and the bells of St Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have ...

The black smoke confirmed the 133 cardinal electors sequestered inside had not reached the required two-thirds majority — at ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin the task of electing a new pope, locking themselves away from the world until they choose ...

In Rome, the phrase is heard frequently ... and outcomes can surprise even seasoned Vatican watchers Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating conclave hasn’t elected pope ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning ... “I hope that when I return to Rome this evening, I’ll find the white smoke already rising.” The voting cardinals began ...

In Rome, crowds have gathered at St Peter's Square, their eyes fixed on the chimney of the Sistine Chapel. They are eagerly awaiting the appointment of a new pope, hoping for white smoke to signal ...

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday and the bells of St. Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have ...

On Wednesday, 7 May, Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel as the conclave - the storied process to elect a new pope - begins. Rome and the ...

Following the capture of Rome and the annexation of the Papal States in 1870, the popes returned to the Vatican. Since the 1878 conclave, every papal election has been held in the Sistine Chapel.