Floor tiles designed to block cellphone signals. Special window film to ruin the photos of overhead drones. A bevy of hidden electronic jamming devices. This might sound like the arsenal of a ...

The chimney has been installed on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in preparation for the conclave - Vatican Vatican firefighters have installed a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel in ...

Barred from leaving or making any contact with the outside world, the leaders of the church will vote until they select the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Any cardinal electors who ...

Black smoke was seen rising from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel at 9 p.m. local time Wednesday — signaling to 1.4 billion Catholics that the election of a new pope will continue. Cardinals from ...

It has been a gull-orious past two days in Vatican City. Moments before white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Thursday afternoon, all eyes were on a seagull family, entertaining ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the second ...

The Sistine Chapel is the second most visited museum in the world, but until a new pope is announced, it is a site cloaked in secrecy. The historic Vatican chapel's doors are now open only to the ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: This story incorrectly says the Apollo 11 mission took place in 1968. It occurred in 1969.] A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Cardinals celebrated mass in Vatican City this morning.

“Jonah, spat out by the whale, depicted in an extraordinary foreshortening, his torso partially turned to the right, his arms folded, his head upturned, his mouth wide open, about to scream” (Émile ...

It’s probably the most-watched smoke in the world: The billows of exhaust unfurl before the watchful eyes of thousands every conclave — the only communication allowed from the cardinals locked inside ...

Black smoke was seen coming out of the chimney at the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday evening meaning that the 133 cardinals were unable to agree on a new pope during the first round of voting at the ...