The moment first reached meme status during the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis when two seagulls landed on the Sistine Chapel chimney around 4:30 p.m. local time, lingering for almost 30 ...

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

The 133 Catholic Cardinals have entered into the Sistine Chapel as part of the ongoing Conclave to elect a new Pope. The Cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel under the supervision of Michelangelo ...

VATICAN CITY Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world s 1.2 ...

Cardinals at the final Mass for the papal election before the start of the conclave in St. Peter's Basilica on April 18, 2005. The cardinals in conclave in the Sistine Chapel on April 18, 2005.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

People react in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after black smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating ...

March 11, 2013 -- Final adjustments are being made to the Sistine Chapel today before the 115 Roman Catholic cardinals enter for the conclave to choose the next pope.

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