VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting, the conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor has officially begun. More than 130 ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state under Pope Francis, concelebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 7, 2025, the first day of the conclave to elect a new pope.

The Sistine Chapel inside Vatican City is set up for the conclave that will elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on May 6, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Cardinals closed ...

VATICAN CITY – St. Peter’s Square was bustling on Wednesday morning despite the gray clouds trickling occasional raindrops over Vatican City. Massive television screens were placed under statues of ...

Cardinals celebrate the Mass "Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice" ("for the election of the Roman pontiff") in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 7, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) A word from the ...

The cardinals, including the 133 expected to vote in the conclave, filed into the basilica on Wednesday morning, to music being sung by a choir. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presided over the service ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican's medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect ...

At the Mass for the election of a new pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals made “a strong call to maintain the unity of the Church” ahead of the conclave on Wednesday, urging the cardinal ...

Cardinals from five continents held a final Mass in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on May 7 before sealing themselves away to elect a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. A total of ...

Roman Catholic cardinals attended a public mass in St. Peter's Basilica just a few hours before the start of the conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re presided over the service, ...