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Stoves used in a complex, but not quite ancient, tradition have arrived in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. In a few days, they will be used to generate smoke that will mark the progress of the conclave in ...

Striking new images show Vatican firefighters installing a chimney at the Sistine Chapel for the Conclave next week. Rep. Summer Lee reintroduces reparations legislation for Black Americans Scientists ...

Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) VATICAN CITY (AP) — ...

With the funeral of Pope Francis now behind us, officials at the Vatican are getting ready for the conclave, which will ultimately choose the new pope. On Friday morning, May 2, Vatican workers were ...

The conclave to pick a new pope begins May 7. Find a quick guide to that process, watch “Conclave” author Robert Harris explain the secretive tradition, meet some of the possible papal contenders and ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to ...