Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.. The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after ...

Workers have completed the installation of the chimney on top of the Vatican building in Rome, Italy. ... the chimney may fill the sky above the Sistine Chapel with black smoke multiple times.

It is only now – typically a mere hour or so after the white smoke first emerged from the stovepipe chimney of the Sistine Chapel – that the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, steps out ...

Sistine Chapel at Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy Sistine Chapel is the most famous in the world, but all the ceilings there are beautiful. Pugliese family visited Vatican Museum in Italy in June 2025 ...

Cardinals leave the Vatican after a College of Cardinals' meeting, on May 2, 2025 in Rome, Italy. ... The black and white smoke comes from a cast iron stove inside the Sistine Chapel.

A view of the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where a chimney for the conclave will be set, at the Vatican, as seen from Rome, Italy, April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis.

Diego Giovanni Ravelli, master of pontifical liturgical celebrations, closes the doors of the Sistine Chapel at the start of the conclave to elect a new pope in the Vatican on May 7, 2025.

Ahead of the election of the next pope, a chimney was installed atop the Sistine Chapel on Friday, which will help notify the public of the 267th pope. Accessibility links Skip to main content ...

This week 133 cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to select a new pope who will lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. ... 2025 in Rome, Italy.

Workers have completed the installation of the chimney on top of the Vatican building in Rome, Italy. The color of the chimney smoke will give hints to the public about how the papal selection process ...