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Pope Leo XIV, right, stands in the Sistine Chapel among cardinals after being elected at the Vatican on May 8, 2025. He became the first American pope in history.

Pope Leo XIV sits inside the Sistine Chapel during his first Mass after being elected to succeed Pope Francis. Reuters “Ignatius was speaking about being devoured by wild beasts in the arena ...

Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as he approached the altar and Michelangelo's The Last Judgment behind it.

Cardinals choosing the next leader of the global Catholic Church were locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, marking the formal start of the conclave to elect a successor to ...

The 133 cardinals from 70 countries will be locked inside the Sistine Chapel, ... They approach the altar one ... As they processed into the chapel adorned with Michelangelo’s “The Last ...

Black smoke from Sistine Chapel signals no new pope Both Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI were elected within two days Last updated: May 07, 2025 | 18:07 ...

As the cardinals file into the Sistine Chapel, they bow in pairs at the altar. Behind the altar is a crucifix, and behind that is Michelangelo’s Jesus the Judge mural. Shortly, they will make ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke was 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.